Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And that less than a generation after British industry was the laughing stock of the world . |
| 2 | We told them the truth and as usual when a panic was over they apologized but warned that we must be patient . |
| 3 | By the central pole stood a great oaken chest , three feet high and as long as a man . |
| 4 | There is a kind of corporate responsibility , and as long as a government is just it is a citizen 's duty to support it , but when the actions or a government hurt the individual and harm the nation it is the duty of a citizen to withdraw his support . |
| 5 | His cock felt as hard and as long as a barber 's pole , as he held it in his fist and ground the round , blunt tip against her tender haven . |
| 6 | One critic thought it ironic that this building ‘ of which the aim was so obviously beauty , should have achieved so startling an ugliness ’ , but after more than a century Swanage would hardly seem the same place without it . |