Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] as [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | And after a day as peaceful or energetic as you wanted it to be , there 's an evening of good company and good food to enjoy . |
| 2 | He was slim and attractive , certainly , but his body was not quite as tense and muscular as he felt it ought to be . |
| 3 | It may be soft and warm as you inhale it but once it is inside your body it becomes as hard and tough as the surface of that road . |
| 4 | By then it was too late to try and change her policy , for the overseer seemed to have taken a real dislike to her , watching for any slip she made , so that he could punish her for being high and mighty as he called it . |
| 5 | As at home , your diet is as healthy and balanced as you make it — it 's up to you . |
| 6 | Everything Nicolas or Bridget says is wrapped in inverted commas , which open as the character opens his mouth and close as he closes it . |
| 7 | It had been a minuscule movement , but unbelievable as she found it , it had definitely been there . |