Example sentences of "as [adj] as [pron] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then you 're given the skis which stand as tall as you do and the butterflies can start fluttering . |
| 2 | Drums and bass were as solid as they come and the keyboards filled in any gaps . |
| 3 | But the good-night was not as definite as it sounded and Fritz , cowed though he was , knew it and walked with Erika to her bus-stop and waited with her in the cold until the bus did trundle along , and even then he made an attempt to get on it with her , a ploy which , with a deft use of her elbow , Erika foiled , leaving him standing at the bus-stop ; a lonely rejected youth , bowed as with the sorrows of all the world — and yet irresistibly comic . |
| 4 | The wall is not as steep as it looks and a pleasing sequence of stretches and foot-changes , made all the more enjoyable by more excellent protection , leads to a stopping place just short of the arête . |
| 5 | Sam was as ordinary as they come and proud of it . |
| 6 | You 're not quite as clever as you think and your shortcomings will be all too apparent to a switched-on youngster . |
| 7 | Parents may have carried around concerns about a past event that they feel might harm the child but often it is not as serious as they think and the subject can be raised in later sessions with the child present . |
| 8 | On the other hand , for those who regard language with suspicion , especially written or printed language , on the grounds that it misleads and confuses as much as it informs and expresses , eliminating words and sentences exposes a level of communication of unsuspected richness , one in which human beings express their true meanings . |
| 9 | and really , I mean you know , you can talk about male , female bias as much as you like but there 's an awful of actresses , and not , you know , a lot fewer actors and a lot better parts for men . |
| 10 | You ca n't for real you ca n't really move blue ball you can move the red ball as much as you like but not What you have to do is to so just try a normally conventional just sling straight through here |
| 11 | You can ask as much as you like and the answer will be no ! |
| 12 | You can go out and about as much as you wish and are able . |
| 13 | You can make that and put down as much as you want and then you roll the dice . |
| 14 | You can not possibly eat as much as you do and remain so slim . ’ |
| 15 | My father feared my mother as much as I did and wished me to please and agree with her always , for when I did not she would complain to him of my behaviour and I suspected that when this happened his new wife would complain in her turn that he paid too much attention to us and too little to her and her own children . |
| 16 | I expect Charlotte owed her quite as much as I do and loved her for her undemanding support and affection as I did . |
| 17 | But I love Augusta as much as he does and anything can happen . ’ |
| 18 | Mary 's nobles detested her insolent consort almost as much as she did and , either from genuine loyalty to her or in devious application of their own power politics , conspired to remove him . |
| 19 | This treatment , which originated in Japan , is by no means as violent as it sounds and it can be used , in varying degrees , on anyone from babies to the very old . |
| 20 | You can be as elaborate as you like and you will doubtless develop your own style . |
| 21 | ‘ No good changing the subject , ’ her mother said slowly , ‘ do n't go doing anything daft , cariad , this man may be as innocent as you say but his kind use people like us , remember that . ‘ |
| 22 | The bands can be as deep as you like and the whole time you are creating a unique structure . |
| 23 | As with most classifications of natural phenomena the exact forms of which are governed by the interactions of continuously variable sets of conditions , the classification can be as complex as one likes and the only non-controversial classification is that which puts each reef in a class of its own . |
| 24 | If you 're as poor as you claim and the money is untouched , who paid for your flight ? ’ |
| 25 | United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . |
| 26 | It is every bit as good as I remember and so are the other two ballets . |
| 27 | You can take all in the line or as many as you like but you can not take from more than one line . |
| 28 | And then he snared them — not too many : as many as he wanted and not as many as would frighten them all away or destroy the warren . |
| 29 | A winner of two handicaps this season , Azhar is as tough as they come and should be able to hold his own in this stronger company . |
| 30 | New England in the Fall is quite as beautiful as everyone says but the weather is fickle — we arrived in a sunny 82°F and left in a foggy 36°F . |