Example sentences of "[conj] [be] as [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel lowered her hands and held them out to him in an invitation that was as ancient as womanhood . |
| 2 | Saying , if I get a farm with cows and sheep and a five-bar gate and chickens and a coop and a metal stream and a few trees about the place and a green field made of billiard cloth and a dog or two and a cat — never mind the cat — and perhaps a fox on a hill … if I get this , with a pair of ball-bearing roller skates so that I can gleam and flash and go backwards through the heavy Friday traffic and be as glamorous as Boy Davids from the Park … |
| 3 | It was 4′long , had a mouth like a mastiff and was as dead as mutton . |
| 4 | A man of around the same age was squatting down in front of the TV set , belatedly fumbling to turn down the volume ; he was in his underwear , and was as pale as lard . |
| 5 | Bankers ' deposits at the Bank of England are regarded as being as good as cash by the banks because they can be turned into cash without delay . |
| 6 | Trollope nearly loses control on the subject of The Plumber , a man ‘ doubtless aware that he is odious … to be put down with the tax-gatherer as being as certain as fate and as inexorable . ’ |