Example sentences of "much as i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much as I regard them as a social nuisance on a par with the Orange Walk and invented by the devil to prevent churchgoers getting to church on time , I can not claim that marathons have ( yet ) been proved to kill enough people to justify banning them . |
| 2 | " Much as I dislike being the bearer of bad news … " it began . |
| 3 | Much as I loathe using the term ‘ chops ’ , you possess them in abundance . |
| 4 | Much as I esteem you , I will not manipulate events for your personal gratification . ’ |
| 5 | much as I miss you |
| 6 | Much as I like my Barbour , I have to admit it is not a safe colour and wear a reflective Sam Browne belt in poor weather . |
| 7 | ‘ Much as I like the idea , I do n't think your parents would be best pleased would they ? ’ |
| 8 | Much as I like to believe a man can have sex with any woman and enjoy it , it just does n't stand the test . ’ |
| 9 | Much as I hope this will never occur , all that would happen is that the patient would either open his eyes and come completely out of the hypnotic state , or that he might doze for some ten or fifteen minutes before waking as if from a nap in an armchair . |
| 10 | ‘ My darling girl , ’ he said , ‘ much as I hate the idea , we must stop this . |
| 11 | Much as I sympathise with the plaintiffs , it would , in my opinion , be extending the implications based on the maxim … to an unreasonable extent if it were held that what has been done in this case was a breach of an implied obligation . |
| 12 | Much as I admire the French , nothing can compare with being back home in good old Blighty . |
| 13 | Much as I admire a great deal of Ken Worpole 's contributions to discussion on alternative methods of arts funding — his and Geoff Mulgan 's ‘ Saturday Night , Sunday Morning ’ was an invaluable piece of work — his thoughts ( almost gleeful I thought ) on the problems of civic buildings ( MT May ) were shot through with the baby-out-with-the-bathwater conclusions which seem to be endemic in much new times and new Left thinking on the arts generally . |
| 14 | ‘ Much as I admire your unstructured lifestyle , on the evidence of the knees in those jeans I 'd think twice before I traded bank accounts with you . ’ |
| 15 | What happens there is that a ‘ really gay ’ reading of Coward is put into play , much as I have already done with Brief Encounter , but on the grounds that a homosexual writer can only write about homosexuality ( analogous cases would be the insistence that Edward Albee 's Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is ‘ really ’ about a gay couple , or that Tennessee Williams 's Blanche Dubois is nothing but a transposed drag queen ) . |
| 16 | Much as I feel now at your damned silly question ! |
| 17 | ‘ Well , then , ’ he went on , ‘ much as I enjoy looking at the top of your head , I did ask a question . |
| 18 | He cared as much as I do . |
| 19 | We would say : ‘ Much as I love you , I can not condone this behaviour . |
| 20 | That would slay me , Charles , much as I love it . ’ |
| 21 | Much as I love the works of J.R.R. Tolkien , I refuse to call any dog Bilbo Baggins , so Bill he has become ; anyway , the only resemblance between Bill and a hobbit is that both have hairy feet and a liking for grubbing around in sandy holes . |
| 22 | ‘ Much as I love being crushed between your thighs , do you think you could leave me a little circulation ? |
| 23 | Much as I love you , I do n't love you that much ! |