Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] as [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Regan 's response to this , exemplified in the imbecile 's fear , would be to insist that since ordinary usage almost seems to demand that we describe that unfortunate as recognising a snake , and because this is only possible of someone who holds the necessary beliefs , then he must hold them somehow and somewhere . |
| 2 | Topaz had pictured her as tall and brawny as befitted a martinet . |
| 3 | She was wearing a plaid dressing-gown that her Dad had left behind : it smelled like an old dog and was as scratchy and heavy as wearing a carpet . |
| 4 | There seemed to be an unspoken acceptance by hon. Members that the present system was less than satisfactory , but that we must avoid at any cost anything as dangerous and revolutionary as suggesting a change . |
| 5 | As simple as lighting a fire or finding a dry place to sleep . |