Example sentences of "as a child 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spring leaves of pure sap green silver-haired as a child 's arm . |
| 2 | But the scales down Fenna 's tail grew gradually smaller and smaller , the darker shades of his back and the paler shades of his underside blending together , and at the very tip , small as a child 's thumb , they were minute and a shade that , when she tried to match it to paint sample cards was usually called eau de nil . |
| 3 | He looked hurt when she did n't join him , his emotions transparent as a child 's . |
| 4 | The landscape is as simple , naive and charming as a child 's painting . |
| 5 | A tall and awkward body and yet light as a child 's . |
| 6 | I can only remember listening as a child 's body was carried down the stairs of my husband 's house , and the way the moon came into my kitchen as I listened . |
| 7 | If , however , it were marketed as a child 's toy or the blade were such that when used to peel potatoes it disintegrated into splinters , then it would not be as safe as people generally were entitled to expect . |
| 8 | The little man nodded his bald head , his eyes simple as a child 's . |