Example sentences of "go as [adj] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Straightening , he turned to Lori , who had gone as white as a sheet , and had backed up to the door like an animal at bay . |
| 2 | Her body went as taut as a bowstring , and when she opened her eyes and looked into his face she saw there awestricken astonishment . |
| 3 | ‘ She began to make weird , inhuman sounds and went as stiff as a board . |
| 4 | Derek cracked up , but I was dumbstruck — super embarrassed — for about thirty seconds , and went as red as a radish . |
| 5 | He went as thin as a rake , and deathly pale then for a couple of weeks . |
| 6 | She broke off inexplicably and her face went as pink as a fuchsia . |
| 7 | The toddler instantly stiffened and went as rigid as a board . |
| 8 | He went as white as a sheet and backed off immediately . |