Example sentences of "said [prep] [be] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pun on Spinoza was too good for Coleridge to resist , and the remarkable nose he attributed to Walsh may well have been borrowed from his memories of the innkeeper at the Castle of Comfort , on the road from Stowey to Holford : his nose , which was locally famous , was said to be as big as a fist and ‘ well warted ’ . |
| 2 | Surfers are said to be as exclusive in their manners as the upper classes they have replaced , talking only among themselves and inevitably spending a good deal of their time incommunicado offshore . |
| 3 | It lives in large family groups and is said to be as shy as it is fearsome-looking . |
| 4 | It 's said to be as effective as the pill and experts say it 'll widen the choice for women . |
| 5 | The difference illustrated here could reasonably be said to be as much attitudinal as grammatical . |
| 6 | Whose penis was said to be as damn near as big as his guitar ? |