Example sentences of "[vb infin] as [adj] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rives had everything , including immense strength , whereas Jones is hugely athletic and can jump as high as a guy six inches taller than himself . |
| 2 | Perceptions may change — her body can feel as vast as a mountain , and her own breathing be heard as an urgent sound coming from a different person . |
| 3 | Whichever room you choose , you can make it feel as fresh as a coat of fresh paint — with a coat of paint . |
| 4 | I mean certainly you ca n't achieve as much as a man does , but also the jobs just are n't there any more , not so much , and the main change I 'd like to see in education is that it would help girls cope with this dilemma . |
| 5 | Virgin hopes a day in the cockpit will become as popular as a day at the races for company gatherings . |
| 6 | The distant ‘ woof of a dog or screech of a car engine would sound as intense as a Rachmaninoff concerto in a concert hall . |
| 7 | My dad , who , as I have already told you , was a docker by trade , never seemed to take that much interest in any of us and though he could sometimes earn as much as a pound a week , the money always seemed to end up in the Black Bull , where it was spent on pint after pint of ale , and gambled away on games of cribbage or dominoes in the company of our next-door neighbour , Bert Shorrocks , a man who never seemed to speak , just grunt . |
| 8 | The other is enclosed by a chimney of mud and stones that may stand as much as a foot tall . |