Example sentences of "[adj] as anything that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We respect the past but our aim is to start something as exciting as anything that 's ever happened here . |
| 2 | About the size of a sixteen pounder , but infinitely lighter — in fact it had no weight at all — it stood in the heavens shining as white as anything that ever came into a television advertisement . |
| 3 | All that he could think of was to show her his work on the counter and the panelling , which was probably as good as anything that he 'd ever done . |
| 4 | Regular means at least three times a week and vigorous as anything that leaves you slightly breathless , but not gasping for oxygen . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's what kept me awake last night — facing up to the fact that my behaviour , anyway as far as you were concerned , was as devious and manipulative as anything that William Ash could come up with . |
| 6 | Their goal was to create a building that would remain functional after an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3 , as big as anything that has ever hit California . |
| 7 | In Trevor Wilson 's words , it was the ‘ Indian summer of the old Liberal Party ’ ; and , as sometimes happens with Indian summers , it was at least as spectacular as anything that had happened during the real one … |
| 8 | CAMI agrees that direct marketing is an opportunity for effects as creative as anything that television can do ; his company recently produced a brochure for a property development called The Fountains which featured a front cover made of plastic , filled with water and a handful of coins . |