Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Wilson had to trot briskly , to keep up with his wife ; and he trotted responsibly , because there was no doubt that he was proud of his charge — tall and upright as a Grenadier Guard as she was , and issuing instructions in the way that I imagine a Grenadier might , so that when they were at home her voice would sometimes float right up the road and into our garden , ‘ Wilson ! |
2 | Gold was certainly used as a decorative inlay for bronzes as early as Shang times , but precious metals only began to be highly valued in China comparatively late and then as an outcome of influence from inner Asia and the west . |
3 | She had risen at dawn each day , when the sky was still apricot-coloured and swum naked and alone as the sun rose . |
4 | Agnes Fogerty , quiet and still as a mouse , and not unlike that timid animal in her much-pressed grey flannel skirt and twin-set to match , stood oblivious of the chaos around her . |
5 | Most horsemen in Suffolk did not powder the bone but used it whole and also as a device to jade and not to draw the horse . |