Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] as [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Strange that something as solemn as death should make so little impression on her , while this trivial memory should pierce her through and through .
2 Until now he had never believed it to be true , that something as heavy as gold could fall naturally from the sky .
3 It is therefore interesting to discover that something as basic as fashion in furniture has been altered by a single cold winter .
4 She said : ‘ I understand that bit , but I as sure as hell do n't understand you when you talk about the sort of girl I am .
5 But he as sure as hell goes somewhere . ’
6 An enmity that goes back to the battle of Manzikert in the wilds of Anatolia 922 years ago will not vanish just because something as ephemeral as communism has gone away .
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