Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's as [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E 's as daft as a brush , and twice as wooden as t'shaft . ’ |
| 2 | You know she 's as good as gold and all that but I mean |
| 3 | She 's as good as gold . |
| 4 | She 's as tall as me and weighs nearly |
| 5 | she 's as tall as you |
| 6 | She 's as weak as a kitten . |
| 7 | She 's as poor as a church mouse , that 's why she has to come to Arthur and Margot 's in the holidays . ’ |
| 8 | Direct , disarming and with the air of the erstwhile hippie ( her enthusiasms include the ‘ New Age ’ philosophising of Shirley Maclaine ) , she 's as casual as her roles are grand , as funny as her heroines are tragic . |
| 9 | Otherwise she 's as cheery as ever . |
| 10 | ‘ I just hope she 's as pleased as you are . ’ |
| 11 | She 's as strong as a horse . |
| 12 | But she 's as well as can be expected . |
| 13 | ‘ She 's as well as can be expected in the circumstances . |
| 14 | ‘ I do believe , ’ he said , addressing a startled Arab trailing six womenfolk in metal face-masks and flowing robes , ‘ I do believe she 's as keen as I am . ’ |
| 15 | but she 's , she 's as skinny as well |
| 16 | ‘ She 's as active as you or me and a damn sight tougher . |
| 17 | But oh she 's as excited as anybody is n't she . |
| 18 | And now the second verse is who , she 's as generous as Robin Hood and all his merry men , she 's as kind as Florence Nightingale and then as kind again , right super mum she has x- ray vision , she can |
| 19 | She 's as generous as Robin Hood and all his merry men , she 's as kind as Florence Nightingale and then as kind again , right super mum she has x-ray vision , she can see through me , with a voice or rival calm when she called me in for tea , |
| 20 | having the flu , near a fortnight ago now , she 's on these pills and she 's as bad as ever , and not sleeping again . |
| 21 | She 's as bad as me and you ! |
| 22 | ‘ But she 's as tough as old boots . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ She 's as tough as they come , but I think she 's at her limit . |
| 24 | She 's as frustrated as hell , besotted by you ! |
| 25 | ‘ And by that maxim , McAllister , she 's as ugly as sin and high time Master Neil realised it . ’ |
| 26 | She 's as thick as two short planks , she 's got a dirty mouth . |
| 27 | Well last time we , last time he came with us , I said there 's one thing I just want to ask you a favour , that 's enough , she 's as happy as harry now she 's faced up to the fact , that er , he was not good because he did n't love her any way , she loved him . |
| 28 | She 's as sweet as the heather in the dell , |
| 29 | She 's as sweet as the heather , the bonnie bloomin' heather , |
| 30 | She 's as slow as a broken down snail . |