Example sentences of "[vb past] be as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his absence she 'd been as nervy as a wildcat , jumping a mile every time someone spoke to her or touched her on the shoulder , expecting him to turn up out of the blue as he 'd made a habit of doing . |
| 2 | The background information obtained was as valuable as the answers to the prepared Questionnaire and provided much of the information in the Report . |
| 3 | They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one . |
| 4 | His voice had been as faint as the whisper of a breeze against silk . |
| 5 | Her hands had been as steady as a rock until David mentioned Donna 's birth , and Juliet 's on the same day , and Thorn House — |
| 6 | It was not surprising that Benny had been as excited as a hen walking on hot coals all summer long , never able to keep still , always jumping up with some further excitement . |
| 7 | Katherine had been as excited as a child on Christmas morning . |
| 8 | She had been as light as a feather to carry and her small hands were as cold as ice . |
| 9 | Marlin had been as solicitous as an erring husband since the attack , calling her from his office every hour or so , and several times suggesting that she might want to talk with an analyst , or at very least with one of his many friends who 'd been assaulted or mugged on the streets of Manhattan . |
| 10 | He told me he had been a sailor , had known the bitter odour of disease and been a casualty in the wars of the elements , but nothing had been as dire as the loss of his woman to another . |
| 11 | The rush-hour traffic in the city centre had been as thick as a plate of home-made porridge ! |
| 12 | I can not describe to you , my dear sister , what I went through during those three quarters of an hour , seated was as pale as the jasmine I had about my head … |