Example sentences of "she [verb] as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had a sensual certainty about her , though she experienced as many philosophical doubts and emotional woes as the rest of us . |
| 2 | Bertha Cohen snorted as if to convey that she expected as little from grandchildren as from children . |
| 3 | She produces as many as twenty-two babies in a single batch . |
| 4 | Had n't she expected as much ? |
| 5 | But Diana has refused a personal invitation from the Queen to the church service and Christmas lunch — a clear signal that she wants as little as possible to do with the rest of the royals . |
| 6 | Sometimes she wants as much as 15 minutes before I 'm allowed to have intercourse . |
| 7 | Did she know as much about cigars as she did about sweets ? ’ |
| 8 | As it happened , Clara was wrong , but she was not to know she was wrong , and she suffered as much as though she had been right . |
| 9 | She says as much . |
| 10 | But an intimate dinner at the château was another matter altogether — because this would be the first time she 'd as much as set eyes on him since he 'd walked away from her outside this very room on that awful night . |
| 11 | He took off her clothes for her , while she undid as many of his buttons as she could , and after that it was pure , undiluted , uncomplicated pleasure until they fell asleep in each other 's arms . |
| 12 | In one mouthful she ate as much as twelve English farmers could eat in a whole meal . |
| 13 | Almost , in the midst of the new apartment that she hated as much as he did , though it had been decorated to her own specifications , she said , ‘ I have been to see my son . ’ |
| 14 | She spent as much time as possible with him and Anne . |
| 15 | With Alain around she felt she needed as much camouflage as possible . |
| 16 | She knew as little about him now , his parents , his life , as she had at their first meeting . |
| 17 | Stansfield 's own personal antipathy to medical involvement in the contagious diseases acts , together with his ignorance of scientific matter she knew as much of science as a cow does of conic sections , according to one contemporary — may have exacerbated Simon 's problems at the board . |
| 18 | By the age of one and a half her speech was perfect and she knew as many words as most grown-ups . |
| 19 | She felt as much for that girl as if she had been her own flesh and blood . |
| 20 | Phyllis recalls that her school reports all ended on the same note : ‘ If she put as much energy into her work as into her play , she would do much better ’ . |
| 21 | But she gave as much to me as she could . |
| 22 | She had as many as six at one time , usually whippets and pekinese , and one even gave birth to a litter in the bedroom . |
| 23 | She was fascinated when he said he came from London — as far as she was concerned he might as well have come from the Moon , because she had as little likelihood of ever visiting either . ’ |
| 24 | But I doubt if she had as much fun . |
| 25 | She said as much to Bunny , who , after being furnished with certain examples of this refreshing trait , decided he ought to look into the matter . |
| 26 | She said as much . |
| 27 | When she said as much to Dane , he nodded . |
| 28 | When she said as much to Carole the other woman gave a hoot of wry laughter . |
| 29 | She did n't get on well with them anyway ; probably she married as much to get at them as anything else . |
| 30 | Hilary announced that the Movement and Dance Liaison Group for Greater London and the South East would be having their Annual General Meeting on the 6th November 1980 at 6 p.m. at 160 Great Portland Street , London , W 1 and she hoped as many people as possible would try to attend . |