Example sentences of "[adj] as [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 I know , you 're as scatty as mummy you are !
2 And although the police stress they want to educate bad drivers as much as land them in court , they say they wo n't hesitate to prosecute those who deserve it .
3 And if we are not looking for something which is as restrictive as greenbelt we ought neither to be expressing in whatever terms a presumption or describing something which is permissible as an exception .
4 IF BUSINESS were as simple as sport it would now be possible to present a league table for the 1989 season , showing games played and points won and leaving one company out on top .
5 Words , like death , like time or distance preserve love ; fragrant as pot-pourri she scents my bed by night , my brain by day .
6 Soft as butter 'e is .
7 The receiver unit needs to face the business end of mouse , but if your desk is as cluttered as mine you will quickly see how problematical this could end up being .
8 She 's good as gold she is .
9 Hardly anything so grand as horology I expect you 're thinking .
10 Sure as shit it does . ’
11 I do n't know whether that multiplies the shielding — I ca n't regurge that info — but sure as hell they 'll cover for each other !
12 ‘ Paul missed that race last year , ’ said Carl Haas , ‘ but sure as hell he 'll be there for Nigel 's debut early next year . ’
13 ‘ It 's as sure as hell you 're not getting engaged to him ! ’ he grated .
14 As she filled in the forms for him , the girl in Despatch , big and black and at last a friendly face , told him she was from Mississippi , and sure as hell she hated Greeks , Athens , moussaka and retsina .
15 With hair as long as mine it 's just impossible without one — I did n't have one for three weeks .
16 So I can say that really what worries you is more the crime and the drugs much more than prostitution , as far as prostitution you 're saying that basically there 's a
17 Ugly as sin she is too . ’
18 The temperature of his skin was so much the same as mine I hardly knew we touched , yet I remained very still , my hands laid on his shoulders with the exaggerated formality of one learning to dance .
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