Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What in the world … ? ’ began Rose , feeling quite bewildered as he let out an amused laugh . |
| 2 | like a cabbage white as I forked out a fiver |
| 3 | The Irish backs missed tackles while Penaud was authoritative , Sadourny incisive and Viars electric as he clocked up a record 24-point haul . |
| 4 | Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up a fastest time of the day . |
| 5 | The girls squealed as their feet sank into six inches of mud , but they persevered after encouragement from the boys and found the bottom much firmer as they waded out a few more feet . |
| 6 | Now the water was chest-high — more than that as we struggled round a corner , to meet a great frothing wave . |
| 7 | … those countries which I could not visit in my proper person , I have so attentively read about , that as I turn round a globe I can almost fancy that I know the appearance and characters of the portions of the great world itself which lie mapped out under my eye , and observe all that is going forward on its surface . |
| 8 | Theresa Stevens , 21 , was beaten , repeatedly stabbed and strangled as she put up a desperate fight to save herself . |