Example sentences of "much as i do " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You heard so much as I did , Miss Buckley .
2 I 'm not eating half as much as I did on camp and I 'm starving . ’
3 ‘ My little sparrow , I do believe you regretted our quarrel as much as I did .
4 ‘ Probably not as much as I did when I was a kid ; the travelling part is hard .
5 The best I could do would be to say ‘ I like peaches better ’ , but quite apart from the logical objection to deriving ‘ Choose the peach ’ from this psychological statement , reliance on a generalization about my preference could get me into a habit which would dim my awareness of the tastes , until I fail to notice that I no longer like peaches as much as I did , or that at this moment I hanker after a pear , so that the abortive try at rationalization would make my choice less intelligent .
6 ‘ He put me on the spot and eventually pulled out of the deal as much as I did .
7 It 's funny to look back and think how much my mum enjoyed having the ducks around — she encouraged them as much as I did .
8 He almost seemed to regret the necessary slaughter of my people as much as I did . ’
9 Anyone who wants a portable to carry around and use for hours at a time on batteries , will love the 320SLi as much as I did .
10 The performers seem to have enjoyed it as much as I did .
11 She loved Luke as much as I did .
12 My father feared my mother as much as I did and wished me to please and agree with her always , for when I did not she would complain to him of my behaviour and I suspected that when this happened his new wife would complain in her turn that he paid too much attention to us and too little to her and her own children .
13 They threw me from the battlements into the sea , but the rocks were merciless and did not kill me , though I have never longed for death so much as I did then .
14 He wants me to look very ordinary , very much as I did the day I trespassed .
15 ‘ Tom did just as much as I did , ’ Belinda assured her .
16 Oh I know some of them did n't have as much as I did .
17 Hope y'all enjoyed the day as much as I did .
18 Last night I was reading an article about wages , and I realised ( with a little male surprise ) that you must be earning about three times as much as I do .
19 But may I point out to you , Dr. Briant , that I for one — and I think it likely that the audience feels much as I do — find the material you are giving us in so admirably concise and ordered a manner is not as intelligible as it might be , since we are ordinary simple souls ?
20 ‘ You ca n't feed Patrick if you do n't feed yourself , and I 'll bet the poor little scrap hates gin as much as I do .
21 I 've never looked forward to new stuff from any band as much as I do from the Mondays .
22 Nearly as much as I do , my darling , ’ she added .
23 So now you know as much as I do ! ’
24 " She wants to see you succeed as much as I do . "
25 For he drinks and smokes at least as much as I do .
26 He loves being a parent as much as I do , so we 're looking forward to having another baby .
27 Devoted Dad : ‘ Simon loves being a parent just as much as I do
28 We 're two of a kind , my girl ; you like it almost as much as I do — and no damage done , either . ’
29 If I had ever loved you , if I loved you still , I could not hate myself for my weakness as much as I do now . ’
30 And perhaps they love you as much as I do — almost . ’
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