Example sentences of "[adj] as [conj] [verb] " 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 | Her lips were red , half-open as if waiting to be kissed , displaying teeth as white as ivory , though I noticed one tooth slightly out of line with the others . |
| 8 | At times she was very subjective , at others quite detached as if floating outside her body . |
| 9 | A translucent figure appeared before him , its three fingered hand outstretched as if to claim him for death . |
| 10 | We shoot down into the rapid as if fired out of a cannon . |
| 11 | Topaz Chilcott walked behind her family , hanging back a little as if to emphasise the fact that she had never really been accepted by it . |
| 12 | She was frowning a little as if trying to concentrate , and she was even paler than before . |
| 13 | The stomach and bowels feel relaxed as if hanging down . |
| 14 | He became pale and ill as if taken by a sudden seizure . ’ |
| 15 | She switched on the electric fire , the room was freezing as if hung with icicles . |
| 16 | Ulcers of mucous membranes can be deep as if punched out . |
| 17 | From time to time , unimportant bits of orchestration are spotlit as if to fill the half-bar between phrases ( sample the harp arpeggio at 3′33″ ) . |
| 18 | Laidlaw watched Graham until he had disappeared into the house then touched his holstered P220 automatic as if to reassure himself . |
| 19 | Across the street , beyond a wide stretch of frost-laced gravel , there was a huge triumphal arch on which were four horses driven by a goddess of peace , over whom , in turn , hung two flags , both enormous as if vying with each other and both striped red , orange and black , the far one with those stripes alone , but the near one bearing the wreath , hammer and dividers of the German Democratic Republic , and under it all , cutting the avenue in half , halting it with the abruptness of Finis at the end of a book , and behind a fragile metal fence , snow on its top giving it an odd , festive look , there was a drab grey wall made of concrete blocks . |
| 20 | And he had turned , his sweet face alive with devilment , one arm outflung as if presenting someone on stage to an audience . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Leni smiled quickly , then just sat , very upright as if setting a good example , and seemed to be thinking something out . |
| 23 | The desperate creature immediately spread itself flat on the back of the broom with its eyes glued shut as if awaiting execution . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Now what 's happened , what would happen if we were to follow the same type of line there would be that the airfield would stay open as if needed a small commuter airfield . |
| 26 | He was for a moment silent as if considering them , accepting their justice . |
| 27 | She achieved the crest of the road and saw it spill over , and the village in the bottom of the valley , silent as if drowned a hundred years beneath a lake . |
| 28 | Outside the dark woods and fields were silent as if waiting patiently for the approach of winter . |
| 29 | He blustered and turned scarlet as if caught out in a crime , and tried to bluff it out , but I knew him too well . |