Example sentences of "was as [adj] [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sam was as ordinary as they come and proud of it . |
| 2 | Supper was as lavish as they had yet had in Scotland : ‘ A large dish of minced beef collops , a large dish of fricassee of fowl , I believe a dish called fried chicken or something like it , a dish of ham or tongue , some excellent haddocks , some herrings , a large bowl of rich milk , frothed , as good a bread-pudding as I ever tasted , full of raisin and lemon or orange peel , and sillabubs made with port wine and in sillabub glasses . |
| 3 | But this was as close as they got , and a brilliant display from St Mary 's in the last 20 minutes , with Canavan adding on five points from frees , saw the Belfast team through . |
| 4 | Well he was as good as they come , as far as I was concerned , because if it could be had , swiped , stolen , midnight requisition or just purely ordered from some place , when we needed it we got it . |
| 5 | The meal , one hour later , was as good as they expected . |
| 6 | The food was as bad as they expected . |