Example sentences of "[vb base] as [adj] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who are basically unhealthy may have their pheromones soured by an imbalance of bacteria on the skin , and generally not smell as attractive as a person in the peak of fitness . |
| 2 | Our minds ca n't imagine a time span as short as a picosecond , but we can do calculations about picoseconds , and we can build computers that can complete calculations within picoseconds . |
| 3 | She , with her wide hips , dirty grey hair and face as wrinkled as a pig 's ear , looked as blowsy as any harridan from hell . |
| 4 | The pot was poised as a bald-headed bullock of a middle-aged man — face as bright as a carrot from the exertion of the journey — long green cloak askew — fingers coarsely jewelled — came in like the blow of a fist and demanded in dungeon-vowelled Lancashire : |
| 5 | ‘ That wonderful royal blue — it emphasises the brilliant blue of your eyes , and you look as slim as a needle . |
| 6 | ‘ Roger , ’ he quipped , ‘ you look as frightened as a gargoyle ! |
| 7 | ‘ You look as white as a sheet . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You look as white as a ghost , Ginny , darling . ’ |
| 9 | I bet you get as fat as a pig ! |
| 10 | Feel as stiff as a board . |
| 11 | I still feel as fit as a butcher 's dog ; if I confine the news to my close circle , perhaps I can keep it out of the press . |
| 12 | She had a hooked , perpetually dripping nose , skin as rough as a sack and bleary , bloodshot eyes . |
| 13 | She went round the back of the cottage and returned a minute or two later followed by a stocky , white-haired man with lively , intelligent brown eyes and skin as dark as a gypsy 's . |
| 14 | ‘ But believe me , I have overcome this weakness of mine , and become as hard as a rock . |
| 15 | Fly over the solitary rock , wandering dove , snowy wing like the sacred host , wing as weightless as a snow-flake : divine wing , snow-flake , lily , host , mist … |
| 16 | ‘ Martin Fierro 's aim in life was to sleep on a bed of clover , look up at the stars , and live as free as a bird in the sky . |
| 17 | Remember , never move as much as a muscle if the moon is out , and never speak unless it 's to answer a question put by me . ’ |