Example sentences of "[adj] as [conj] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fingers were clamped solid as if sewn into the material . |
| 2 | ‘ Little talk with Jesus ? ’ he said , and , halfway through reaching for a tube of tomato purée , he closed his eyes and froze solid as if overtaken by a large quantity of molten lava . |
| 3 | Sore as if bruised with a sore throat , consider Phytolacca which also has a hot red face and cold limbs and body . |
| 4 | She sat up in the bed , dumbstruck , her face aglow as if lit from the inside . |
| 5 | Waterfalls of white and gold , shooting stars in scarlet and yellow , Christmas trees shimmering as if touched by fairy wands . |
| 6 | She felt compassionate like a mother and wanted to help him but the wheel had slowed down until its glow had died and she stood paralysed as if frozen in the aftermath of the death of the sun . |
| 7 | He became pale and ill as if taken by a sudden seizure . ’ |
| 8 | She switched on the electric fire , the room was freezing as if hung with icicles . |
| 9 | He did not feel afraid of the ghost and tried to speak to him , but the figure was sad and morose as if struck by a remorseless tragedy . |
| 10 | And the physical symptoms had been the same ; a raging thirst , her body parched and shrivelled , her mouth dry and sour as if infected with her own breath . |