Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] as [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blue eyes , as light and as frozen as ice , stared into hers before his glance moved slowly downwards , deliberately insulting . |
| 2 | The reasons for it were as old and as primal as mankind itself . |
| 3 | There was a smell of wood smoke and flowers , and the house felt as warm and as kind as summer . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're as pure and as good as gold . |
| 5 | His own voice was low and as cold as steel . |
| 6 | She though the place well-named , for the hall was bleak and comfortless and as cold as winter in High Tor . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's two sides to you , you know , Aggie , and one 's unfair and as bitter as gall . ’ |
| 8 | Some were hard , some sticky , some wobbly or as runny as water . |
| 9 | He was drunk and as sure as hell only after one thing and you let yourself — ’ |
| 10 | Strong , dedicated , skilful , passionate , intelligent and as angry as hell . |