Example sentences of "were [adv] as big " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were only as big as a chicken , while others grew to a length of about 5 metres . |
| 2 | They had gathered up the dolls in their arms , some of which were nearly as big as they were . |
| 3 | She looked back at me with no expression at all in her face , but her eyes were twice as big as usual , and I could see the tension in every muscle . |
| 4 | Their gardens , too , were twice as big as the labourers ' . |
| 5 | They looked like equine stock , but they were half as big again as any horse that Rostov had ever encountered . |