Example sentences of "[adj] as [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know , you 're as scatty as mummy you are ! |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Words , like death , like time or distance preserve love ; fragrant as pot-pourri she scents my bed by night , my brain by day . |
| 5 | Soft as butter 'e is . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Large as icebergs they drifted off to the north carrying the remaining followers of the Witch King . |
| 8 | She 's good as gold she is . |
| 9 | Helen tells me you want to do farm work as well , and although I 'm told women vets are just as good as men I 've yet to be convinced . |
| 10 | Hardly anything so grand as horology I expect you 're thinking . |
| 11 | ‘ Sure as shit it does . ’ |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | ‘ Paul missed that race last year , ’ said Carl Haas , ‘ but sure as hell he 'll be there for Nigel 's debut early next year . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's as sure as hell you 're not getting engaged to him ! ’ he grated . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | With hair as long as mine it 's just impossible without one — I did n't have one for three weeks . |
| 17 | It is safe as houses you do n't forfeit it it 's entirely you can claim it when your due but you can leave it there for us |
| 18 | ‘ I think in a place as small as Tollemarche it will come out , ’ she agreed . |
| 19 | Pleased as Punch she is . |
| 20 | As far as holidaymakers I 'm thinking now more of people taking package holidays overseas , is there going to be a big impact this coming year ? |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | Ugly as sin she is too . ’ |
| 23 | I mean now they 're as thick as thieves you know ? |
| 24 | During this period of uncertainty , Jean-Claude was as anxious as I. He never missed the opportunity to tell me how different his life had become since I moved in with him : he was happy now , he could work . |
| 25 | Instead , from as low as 1000rpm you can bury your foot in the firewall and watch the front of the car gobble up ever larger amounts of tarmac . |