Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] gold " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yorkshire beaches hold a substance prized almost as much as gold by ancient Romans : black pebbles of high-quality jet . |
| 2 | Down to the end of the Middle Kingdom silver was twice as valuable as gold in ancient Egypt . |
| 3 | From then on , Bint Pomona changed , at least in Pete 's eyes , from being ‘ the worst horse in the world ’ to ‘ one of the best ’ — because ( with help from the stallion ) each year 's foal was now as good as gold ! |
| 4 | One lot are as good as gold — we 'll have them any day , but another lot are almost more than we can cope with ! |
| 5 | Bryan Gould is as good as gold and Gerald Kaufman is a happy-go-lucky bachelor who 's still waiting for the right girl to come along . |
| 6 | She was as good as gold , not making a sound all the way to the dog 's home . |
| 7 | Shareholders in Unisys have been through so much misery , the fear that the IBM mainframe blight will soon infect the company is so great that no reasonable offer for the company is likely to be refused — and while the Unisys debt burden is now manageable , it is still onerous for a company of Unisys ' size , but AT&T 's credit remains almost as good as gold . |
| 8 | Do n't just prolong the issue , do n't pick on us and lock us in a room thinking that when we come out we 're going to be as good as gold , because we 're not . |
| 9 | ‘ The young are as good as gold . |
| 10 | All you have to do is be as good as gold for a week . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're as pure and as good as gold . |
| 12 | First thing Monday morning and we 'll call again ; someone will come out then as good as gold . ’ |
| 13 | I think so far we ve been as good as gold , and can only maybe have offended Scum supporters … which can only be good : - ) ) ) ) |
| 14 | But perhaps more importantly , other countries found dollars not just as good as gold , but better than gold , since they could earn interest on their dollar holdings . |
| 15 | Such pressure began in a mild way in 1960 after some speculative activity in the gold market occurred , based on dawning fears that the dollar might not for ever be ‘ as good as gold ’ ( i.e. fixed in terms of gold ) . |
| 16 | As soon as I found out I had to retire , they were as good as gold and granted me a testimonial straight away . |
| 17 | Well he sat there as good as gold . |
| 18 | You know she 's as good as gold and all that but I mean |
| 19 | That sat as good as gold till you got to Colin 's did n't he ? |
| 20 | so er , cos me heart was in me mouth when they come up for Christmas , and that 's the last time they were up I thought me tree 's gon na go over , you know , I thought if he pulls at me tree or anything , but , he was , he was as good as gold for not , he was n't trying to get me ornaments or anything , he was er , you know , just happy to play with his own toys , so he was n't naughty . |
| 21 | She 's as good as gold . |
| 22 | Until now he had never believed it to be true , that something as heavy as gold could fall naturally from the sky . |