Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [adv] handsome do " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the saying goes , ‘ handsome is as handsome does ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Handsome is as handsome does , ’ Hepzibah said . |
| 3 | ( On one occasion with magnificent inconsequence , she had remarked after staring at one of Clara 's dazzling reports , " Well , handsome is as handsome does " ; this was the only occasion on which she had ever said anything complimentary about Clara 's looks . ) |
| 4 | ‘ Handsome is as handsome does , ’ snapped Matey , who as an ex-children 's nurse had a fund of such sayings . |
| 5 | You know the saying , ‘ Handsome is as handsome does ’ ; that applies to men , but ‘ Beauty is as beauty does ’ , that applies to women . |