Example sentences of "[pron] as [adj] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , I as flat as a pancake until I had her ! |
| 2 | Fortnightly [ Review ] hashed up ’ ; the third was a minister who ‘ dresses himself as much as a Church … parson as possible , as much as possible copies the ritual of the Establishment , and poses almost as a full-blown priest ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 6 | And she as pretty as a picture with roses in her cheeks and the green eyes of a fairy . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Take something as simple as a backdrop . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Something as simple as a mug can turn a handful of pansies into a vivid display . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | No one amends lightly something as vital as a blueprint . |
| 15 | Severe degradation and melting of the reactor 's core was regarded as something that was virtually impossible given that the plant was designed to cope with something as extreme as a guillotine break in a main coolant pipe . |
| 16 | In the poem you are about to hear , the famous poet , William Wordsworth tells us that the day we lose the ability to marvel at something as wonderful as a rainbow , we lose something very important . |
| 17 | Indeed , I now find it puzzling why , after all this time , evolution only produced something as dismal as a human . |
| 18 | A first flight in something as eccentric as a microlight will leave an impression that is indelible however hard you may try to forget it . |
| 19 | Whether planning a party , a wedding reception at home or something as informal as a barbecue , relax and let the experts take the strain , from as little as £3.50 a head . |
| 20 | Whether it is something as special as a wedding bouquet or as simple as a few flowers gathered on a picnic outing together , knowing where and when the flowers were picked or used adds a great deal to the meaning of the picture , and the recipient will be very touched at your thoughtful and generous gesture . |
| 21 | He spun around , dodged another blow from the puzzled guard , and sped back towards the circle , passing on the way the dryads who were pursuing him and leaving them as disorganised as a set of skittles . |
| 22 | If it makes you feel any happier , I will tell you that it did not cost me as much as a bouquet of flowers would have done . |
| 23 | I felt that my life fitted me as ill as a garment designed for somebody else . |
| 24 | I held her to me as we fell across the bed , feeling her lithe life-force twitching against me as beautiful as a rainbow trout , leaping from a mill race into my outstretched arms . |
| 25 | And er , I first started feeling I was overweight when I fourteen and I was , I was twelve stone and I went to the doctor and got black capsules to take which had me as high as a kite for a long time ! |
| 26 | She had never been on a train before and the speed , which must have been twenty miles an hour , made her as excited as a child . |
| 27 | The air , fresh and cold , smelled to her as sweet as a sea breeze . |
| 28 | We do n't see it as much as a business or a pressure like he does . |
| 29 | She picked up the dice-cup and held it as steady as a rock , yet all the Gods could hear the three cubes rattling about inside . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's coming from the right , ’ said Lydia , ‘ and I can hear it as clear as a bell . ’ |