Example sentences of "as [adv] as i did " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel today the excitement of that encounter almost as keenly as I did when it took place over fifty years ago . |
| 2 | It ended : ‘ Nonetheless , I consider myself to have been blessed to have had the chance to so serve for as long as I did . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't know why I kept them for as long as I did . |
| 4 | She lowered her lashes , said bitterly , ‘ I — I 've never gone as far as I did last night with you ! ’ |
| 5 | Dana did not shave as often as I did . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't go to the stationary cupboard quite as often as I did before , ’ says manager of quality and training , Claudia McCabe , one of 1000 managers . |
| 7 | I think that 's why I got through life as well as I did . |
| 8 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 9 | ‘ Right-ho ’ — and he knew the situation as well as I did . |
| 10 | McManus , who now faces Thailand 's James Wattana in tomorrow 's semi-final , said : ‘ If I play as well as I did against Stephen , there 's no reason why I ca n't go on to win . |
| 11 | Knowing both men as well as I did , I was one of the few who did not think there would be any major friction between them — both men were far too smart for that-but I did think Niki would find himself struggling for a primacy which he had long taken for granted . |
| 12 | Thank you very much to those who volunteered , or who were volunteered to help , especially to who worked as hard as I did to get the whole thing set up . |