Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We fished for several hours without seeing so much as a fin . |
| 2 | Plus they rely far too heavily on Chad Gracey 's bionic drumming to get them noticed , the tinny snare effect soon becoming as annoying as a catfight underneath your window at 3.00am . |
| 3 | And , after being out in the sunshine with the children most of the day , she 'd lost her pale , city complexion , becoming as brown as a berry and looking much younger . |
| 4 | There was Mrs Moore , the dentist 's wife , mother of his friend who had committed suicide because life did not seem worth living ; and there was Mary Johnson 's mother looking as prim as a prune , not knowing that her daughter was no better than a streetwalker . |
| 5 | He came back an hour later , looking as smug as a cat who 'd stolen the cream . |
| 6 | Rachel Santerre stood there , looking as beautiful as a summer 's dawn though her face was pale with dark rings round the eyes . |
| 7 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
| 8 | The Treasurer is looking as sick as a parrot ! |
| 9 | I am understudying George Birkitt , who , when I last saw him , was looking as fit as a flea . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If you think I 'd dream of sharing so much as a blanket with you after that you 're crazy ! ’ |
| 11 | Gabriel had never in his life contemplated stealing so much as a flea from a dog . |
| 12 | ‘ If it was n't for that poor bugger , I would be getting as pissed as a bishop 's fart in the Crossed Keys and you would be back in your decrepit church feeding that bloody cat or watching your bloody stars ! |
| 13 | Suddenly flying as high as a kite , she could n't resist the tiny gibe . |
| 14 | After ninety bruising minutes in the mire that is ‘ The Tip ’ , the last thing we or our opponents will want on a fridge-like February Saturday , is a three-mile walk to the local Duck and Forceps ' washroom , caked in mud and soggy shorts smelling as evil as a gypsy 's knickers . |
| 15 | A Sword Master always seeks to master new killing blows and different individuals perfect their own personal sword strokes , giving them a style of fighting as distinctive as a signature . |
| 16 | An actor who had written to Meredith on many occasions — always enclosing , as his wife was at pains to point out , his page number in Spotlight and a stamped addressed envelope , without ever once receiving so much as an acknowledgement in return — was unfortunately dead . |
| 17 | If television washes over innocence without leaving so much as a water mark , why bother ‘ exercising control ’ ? |
| 18 | The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact . |
| 19 | This is Venice , ’ he said with great arrogance , his bearing as autocratic as a prince 's . |
| 20 | ‘ Just hanging there from one of the beams , swaying as free as a leaf in the wind . |
| 21 | She could feel the moment when he decided to thrust her away from him , abruptly stepping back , the shock of their coming apart striking as swift as a blow , stunning her , so that she fell back against the parapet , her lips swollen by the passion of his taking , a soft anguished breath escaping from between them . |
| 22 | From the ‘ mini ’ , weighing as little as an amoeba or only one hundred-millionth of a kilogram ( unc kg ) to the ‘ supermassive ’ with a mass one thousand million times that of the Sun , they have been invoked to account for a wide range of cosmic phenomena . |
| 23 | Still not worried , still sliding smoothly through the crowds , feeling as elusive as a shadow , I passed from night-spot to night-spot . |
| 24 | You 're packed with vim , vigour and vitality tomorrow and determined to get in shape to either win the love of your life or just enjoy feeling as fit as a fiddle . |
| 25 | Gina obeyed , wishing she could avoid that piercing appraisal , feeling as trapped as a hypnotist 's victim . |
| 26 | Feeling as uncompleted as a child |