Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] 's [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The town is full of Tyrolean charm , and the naturally extended welcome to be found in this corner of Austria is every bit as warm as it 's reputed to be . |
| 2 | You would drive her as potty as she 's driving you . |
| 3 | So make sure it 's safe , take your casualty from the cause , you may have to resuscitate , now if a person swallows something by mouth , there 's two types of poisons , one can go by mouth and one is er corrosive and the other is non-corrosive , but at the same time you have a liquid or tablets , now if it 's a corrosive liquid that you have swallowed or somebody has swallowed , it 's burning as it 's going down , and may I say in first aid you never ever on any circumstances make anybody sick er especially poisons , can you imagine if it 's burnt going down it 's probably perforated the food pipe and somebody comes along and overdoses on the water , because you can give sips of water for corrosive , well it 's because you 're trying to keep the airway open , if it 's burning , corrosive is burning you 'll get swelling , so this is why you give sips of water , but if you give too much your casualty will be sick and if it 's burnt going down and perforated the tubes and they 're bringing it up again it 's gon na burn coming up and go into those perforations that and cause further damage . |
| 4 | Each room has a colour TV — ideal for checking out if Italian football is as good as it 's cracked up to be . |
| 5 | Generally , though , management 's view of the process had become ‘ it 's as good as it 's going to get . ’ |
| 6 | As long as it 's going to run , I mean , I do n't know , I think , I think they up against |
| 7 | " Well , as long as it 's put back where you found it . |
| 8 | Manufacturers , flushed with success over their pink fluffy man campaign , and greedy with the realisation that they can make hill-walkers wear anything as long as it 's described as a technological breakthrough , are sitting in their factories dreaming up new and more ridiculous things to sell us . |
| 9 | The crayons can be sharpened in an ordinary sharpener as long as it 's designed to take the thicker pencils or crayons . |
| 10 | His student visa is only valid as long as he 's enrolled at a school , so we went to Clive and tried to get him expelled . |
| 11 | I want a divorce , that 's what I want , but he 'll not budge as long as he 's drawing two salaries and has me cooking for him — but I 'll not eat with him , I stick myself in that tiny kitchen in there — can you imagine the life I lead ? |
| 12 | He 's alright as long as he 's eating . |
| 13 | I do n't care , as long as there 's fighting ! ’ |
| 14 | The tent bag is handy as it 's designed as a zipped holdall with two carrying handles . |
| 15 | And if as far as what 's happening in Sarouac certainly is concerned . |
| 16 | Your child 's imagination is as big as it 's allowed to be . |
| 17 | I mean she used to toss , toss me off on the old and there 's , there 's and she used to sit on there used , used to sit on there she used to toss me off and I got this fucking as she 's tossing me off she did this love bite . |
| 18 | Service rating : Labour 's lovable gourmet is as sporting as he 's spitting . |
| 19 | ‘ All this modelling is n't half as glamorous as it 's made out to be . |