Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I as flat as a pancake until I had her ! |
| 2 | And then he 'd lock the doors to the reception block , and he 'd retire to his back room and make himself as small as a child on his bunk in the corner . |
| 3 | He scrubbed himself as clean as a Viking before a battle and pulled his large white linen robe around his undried nakedness , relishing the lap of texture on wet skin . |
| 4 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 5 | Lucy would find nothing more disgusting than a tumbler of sweet sherry with her dinner . |
| 6 | ( Note : There really is nothing more comforting than a chicken from the kosher butcher . |
| 7 | Josie 's hand slid from around her as if she 'd been holding nothing more substantial than a wisp of smoke . |
| 8 | The small yellow tablets coated in sugar and containing nothing more stimulating than a couple of stiff cups of coffee became the most bitter pill that Bud Johnson ever swallowed . |
| 9 | There is nothing more annoying than a computer system that works beautifully , say , in a library , and then one goes in at nine thirty in the morning and you ca n't get books out because the power has gone off , and if we are sure to go on having a society with industrial disputes , we want a system that is not capable of being completely ruined by one small section of workers deciding not to work on a particular day , and so I think while we 're putting them in , while we want to put them in in a way which that is compatible , we also need to think of having a kind of fail-safe system , particularly in the sort of more serious applications such as medicine and transport and so on , whereby we ca n't be held to ransom by very a small group of people , or indeed by just some technical fault , such as a power failure or something of this kind . |
| 10 | Night on Earth Another road movie from cult hero Jim Jarmusch — but this time the vehicle is nothing more romantic than a taxicab . |
| 11 | As matters stand , some 27.4 per cent of my sexuality is of the Grecian or musical persuasion ; 71.6 prefers a quiet evening in with nothing more erotic than a gardening magazine and a steaming mug of Mr Horlicks 's malted beverage , whilst the remaining one per cent has become attached to one of Miss Esther Rantzen 's saucy root vegetables . |
| 12 | Transaction facilities are built into kiosks either by providing online or other forms of communication facilities , sometimes nothing more sophisticated than a voice telephone link , or by allowing on-site , consolidated storage of customer requests which can be manually collected at a later time . |
| 13 | Imagine hosting Christmas for a similarly huge number in a disused warehouse , with nothing more sophisticated than a Portakabin for a kitchen . |
| 14 | There is nothing more depressing than a collection of so-called first editions and rare items displaying faded spines , mull bursting through cracked hinges , scarred leather inadequately treated with greasy polish , mending tape of various hues round the spine , head and tail bands hanging forlornly and , perhaps worst of all , a badly lettered brown paper cover holding the whole thing together . |
| 15 | AFM Michael Ferguson played the Dalek claw seen at the end of episode four , but although convincing to the audience , this claw was nothing more elaborate than a joke shop gorilla hand covered in grease . |
| 16 | There could be nothing more suspicious than a Secretary of State or one of his administrative officials deciding for political or administrative reasons that a particular accident should not be investigated when a vital matter of air safety was at issue . |
| 17 | You 'll do me more good nor a bucket o' medicine . |
| 18 | And she as pretty as a picture with roses in her cheeks and the green eyes of a fairy . ’ |
| 19 | Javad v Aquil [ 1991 ] All ER 243 confirms that the concept of a tenancy at will remains a reality and while the landlord may be concerned that the tenant should not become a periodic tenant until the grant of the lease , the tenant may wish to ensure that it has something more concrete than a tenancy at will . |
| 20 | What many need is to be told that they can achieve something more constructive than a profit from others ' financial predicament . |
| 21 | Mr Mellor has never been given proper credit for showing sufficient resolution during the passage of the Broadcasting Bill to persuade his colleagues that ITV deserved to have its future determined by something more subtle than a contest to see who could stuff the most pound notes into a brown envelope earmarked for the Treasury . |
| 22 | If your taste demands something more cultured than a shopping and scoffing experience , you may be fascinated by Dusseldorf 's wealth of museums and galleries . |
| 23 | He who has yawned and smirked at every politician in the land — surely he could manage something more original than a couple of funny faces ? |
| 24 | A kestrel 's prey might be something as small as a beetle , and as they tend to hover twenty or thirty feet above the ground , their eyesight and the accuracy of their dive are both awe-inspiring . |
| 25 | Research shows that something as simple as a bowl of cornflakes can improve moods dramatically , one researcher saying that the dose of carbohydrate acted on women like a tranquilliser . |
| 26 | Take something as simple as a backdrop . |
| 27 | We would like you to join us for dinner , meet our friends , enjoy a glass of wine or two over something as simple as a plate of pasta , or as extravagant as a six course meal . |
| 28 | Something as simple as a mug can turn a handful of pansies into a vivid display . |
| 29 | Something as tall as a steeple , in a trailing black dress , fair hair cascading ; a face turned , looking down at Ruth , with long mocking green eyes that glimmered like the sea . |
| 30 | His deftness with something as prosaic as a cotton bud and bottle of adrenalin might not be everybody 's idea of art , but is certainly artful . |