Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as [pers pn] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area was highly unsuitable as it was considered a watershed for the Lee Valley . |
| 2 | Naturally I was disappointed that the most notable name of which we could boast had to be excluded : and although I knew that he disliked re-reading his prose works , I was as sorry that he felt the essay to be below standard as I was to regret his later repudiation of After Strange Gods . |
| 3 | But these that do it they must be bloody experienced at it they could do it so quick as they was doing it . |
| 4 | He comforted himself with the saying of Uncle Jan — ‘ the devil is never so black as he is painted ’ — and dreamed of what he might accomplish in the company of such a woman , in collaboration with her soft femaleness . |
| 5 | A If you put it in with another colour , all you get are ‘ streaks ’ which wo n't be much good as you are trying to change the colour . |
| 6 | It will be so long as I am sitting in this office . ’ |
| 7 | For developing countries , this has been especially troublesome as we are faced with infectious and nutritional diseases concurrent with a new imposing force of non-communicable diseases . |
| 8 | It would be surprising if Tolkien had not looked at the calm face of Tollund Man , or the hideously frightened one of ‘ Queen Gunhild ’ ( all too obviously still struggling as she was pinned down alive ) , and reflected that these were the true lineaments of his pagan ancestors . |
| 9 | A warm draught blew across the platform , one which could only be a Mediterranean breeze or synthetically produced , the latter being more likely as we were standing under a dull winter 's day in London . |
| 10 | In middle age he became more patient as he was harried from city to city and lost all his papers in a shipwreck . |
| 11 | That might seem like the wackiest of wacky ideas but it becomes ever more fascinating as it is explored in a barrage of speculation , invective and anecdotes , all designed to prove that money , in a practical rather than puritanical sense , is the root of all evil . |
| 12 | Yeah as right as I 'm gon na be I suppose . |
| 13 | As alive as we were dying . |
| 14 | If you 're politcally motivated only you 're not your own man , and I think that politics in local government as strong as they 're getting now is a bad thing . |
| 15 | Unless someone has a better solution , can I ask the many thousands of WCM readers who are as infuriated as I am to write and complain to the BBC 's Head Programme Scheduler . |
| 16 | To attribute this to the ageing process per se is as foolish as it is to describe physical disease as ‘ your age , my dear ’ . |
| 17 | I am sure that all my colleagues are as delighted as I am to support this excellent Bill , not least because it builds on the firm foundation organised during the passage of our privatisation measures . |
| 18 | I do n't know if Andre reads Tennis World , but if he does , I 'm sure he will be as delighted as I am to hear your continuing support . |
| 19 | He did not turn to the centre-spread of college colours until he was outside again , guessing that he would need the privacy of a crowded pavement in which to confront a discovery that was as chilling as it was unsurprising . |
| 20 | It can take a great deal of courage and confidence to challenge colleagues in this way , but as you will see by studying the Code itself , the definition and standards of conduct required are clear and unequivocal , even if putting them into practice is not always as easy as it is made to sound . |
| 21 | The town is full of Tyrolean charm , and the naturally extended welcome to be found in this corner of Austria is every bit as warm as it 's reputed to be . |
| 22 | Well well I can say it now really four have taken the R S A one exam , and and did very well though very nervous but er er and but they sat there and they did it which was superb I mean we were as nervous as they were sitting in here . |
| 23 | It is n't as pretty as we are given to understand in fairy tales . ’ |
| 24 | Randy , going amazingly steady for him , had spent the fortnight screwing Trace Coley , who was as pretty as she was spoilt , because he 'd heard rumours that Kevin was thinking of including him in his team next year . |
| 25 | Linen ( where provided ) is not always as large as we are used to at home and towels in particular can be fairly small . |
| 26 | Zenobia was as large as we were diminished . |
| 27 | But we you know , one was one would be boiling the the white metal , we 'd we 'd fixed on the and er one would be boiling and pouring the stuff and the other cutting y you know breaking up the the mould sort of thing and piling the stuff out and as fast as we were piling them up , some beggar was creeping in and stealing them . |
| 28 | Forcing herself to sound as confident as she was trying to feel , she told Guido , ‘ I 've simply been busy , that 's all . ’ |
| 29 | Carson said , and he wished that he could be as confident as he was trying to sound . |
| 30 | Well , now there is , as long as they 're allowed to go on calling it a Healey . |