Example sentences of "as [adv] as i [verb] " 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 | ‘ Not as keenly as I feel your jealousy , pretty one , ’ she said . |
| 3 | The hall and the gallery and the enormous stained glass windows which faced the door as you came in , and the three reception rooms were ours , and as I suffer from terrible claustrophobia , I thought it was a wonderful place to live although David , who I am sure does n't suffer from claustrophobia as badly as I do , being British and like most British people , would be content to live in smaller environments . |
| 4 | God , do you think I 'd come near you , talk to you about it , touch you , if I did n't know for a certainty that you want me as badly as I do you ? ’ |
| 5 | " I stopped reading my mail but Sarah ( his wife ) did n't , " Strange said after issuing an apology which said : " I want to express my sincere apologies … no excuse can justify my outburst , and nobody feels as badly as I do . " |
| 6 | Surely it can not be possible , she was thinking , to love anyone as intensely as I love this man . |
| 7 | ROS : Oh no — we 've been spinning coins for as long as I remember . |
| 8 | It 's gon na take as long as I thought cos I have to format it and install it . |
| 9 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 10 | ‘ For as long as I 've had memories and before that too . |
| 11 | You 've been plaguing the life out of me and everybody else for as long as I 've worked here . |
| 12 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
| 13 | I shall refer briefly to one of the matters touched on by the hon. Gentleman , although I shall not speak on it for as long as I had intended , because the hon. Gentleman made wide-ranging reference to it himself , I congratulate him on that . |
| 14 | Now for those of us that have been slightly biased by the dubiously titled ‘ Warehouse Raves ’ compilations that Rumour have been responsible for in the past , well we can not sit up and take note , because here comes their most exciting release for as long as I care to remember ( sorry Rumour ! ) . |
| 15 | Your father has extended to me the hospitality of his house for as long as I care to take it , or until he grows sick of the sight of me . |
| 16 | It is a cruel sport at best , but the poor show the matadors and toreadors made by running for the outer rail and escaping over the fence when the enraged bull pursued them was not a creditable sight ; I spent my time , for as long as I stayed , cheering for the bulls . |
| 17 | When we were in port he let me off work and allowed me to go ashore for as long as I wanted : " After all , you 're here to see these places . |
| 18 | It ended : ‘ Nonetheless , I consider myself to have been blessed to have had the chance to so serve for as long as I did . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't know why I kept them for as long as I did . |
| 20 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |
| 21 | When you 've lived around men like that for as long as I have , when you 've seen at first hand what they 're capable of , then you can come here and tell me how to handle my affairs . |
| 22 | When you 've brawled around for as long as I have your senses get to know the kind of fix that you ca n't just walk through or away from . |
| 23 | ‘ But after knowing you for as long as I have — ’ |
| 24 | I have been in favour of regional government for as long as I have been in politics . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm in good shape and I will sing for as long as I have the strength to do so , ’ he added . |
| 26 | Knowing him for as long as I have done must have worked in my favour . ’ |
| 27 | For as long as I have been conscious she has been out there in front of me , dodging arrows , triggering ambushes ; doubling back to brief me on the safest and fastest route forward . |
| 28 | He cared as much as I do . |
| 29 | I knew that one as soon as I saw that it was from that is was a reject one . |
| 30 | If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying . |