Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hugged a tree-trunk , and became as thin as a Blue Gillette . |
| 2 | Wearing the suit , she weighed three hundred kilos and felt as graceful as a rhinoceros ; as soon as she was outside she 'd feel almost weightless , and the suit 's systems would give her the strength of a robot while hardly affecting the speed and ease of her movements . |
| 3 | He lay beside her as she slept , watching the slow fill and fall of her ribs , the tap of pulse in her temple , and felt as restless as a husband who suspects infidelity . |
| 4 | Derek cracked up , but I was dumbstruck — super embarrassed — for about thirty seconds , and went as red as a radish . |
| 5 | ‘ She began to make weird , inhuman sounds and went as stiff as a board . |
| 6 | The toddler instantly stiffened and went as rigid as a board . |
| 7 | The engine that was fired-up in honour of the FlyPast visit , had clocked-up just over 90 minutes of running time at that point and sounded as sweet as a nut . |
| 8 | My room was as warm and smelt as fragrant as a summer 's day . |