Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | By that time — possibly as little as a year and a half after Jesus 's death — they must already have been widespread and numerous , because Paul , acting on behalf of the established Sadducee priesthood and armed with warrants from the High Priest , undertakes to hunt them out as far away as Damascus . |
2 | Her mouth felt as dry as a bone and her eyes were closed against the intrusive light . |
3 | T. Rex was a terrible-looking carnivore , some 15 metres long and 5 metres high , as tall as a giraffe and weighing over 8 tons fully grown . |
4 | But I really like the bass ; it feels as solid as a rock and represents a more worthwhile investment for not a lot more money . |
5 | As solid as a rock and a very tough competitor , Clohessy would have been a perfect choice , particularly after going through the pre-Tour fitness regime . |
6 | A virus is as impersonal as a bullet or a shell . |
7 | She was wearing jeans but her top was a rather tight yellow T-shirt and she felt as gauche as a schoolgirl and very vulnerable . |
8 | This trowel is every bit as strong as a knife or bayonet , and will easily prize up any large stones ( I have done this often , even in rock-hard clay ) . |
9 | George was a quick thinker so always did the introducing and all of the talking , but George did not talk about himself — he told of how Lennie was as strong as a bull and how he could buck barley all day . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | I was given the opportunity to have a rehearsal with him but I declined because I am not like the professionals who can rehearse in detail and then put it over as fresh as a daisy when the time comes . |
12 | ‘ A horse and a cart that stands as high as a house and cost the best part of thirty pounds and you lost them both ? ’ |
13 | I 'm as high as a kite and there 's no champagne in the orange juice . ’ |
14 | The sweater was as light as a puff and as smooth as a bird to touch . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | As slim as a reed and as shy as a bird with the eyes of a gazelle , were all the aspects of beauty once described to me by the Youngest Son as most desirable in a woman . |
17 | During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy . |
18 | Joseph Stepper 's ‘ Wife ’ is one of the maddest ragga records ever made , as raw as a dinner that 's still walking around . |
19 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
20 | When Mr Wormwood arrived back from the garage that evening his face was as dark as a thunder-cloud and somebody was clearly for the high-jump pretty soon . |
21 | ‘ She was as straight as a die and a pillar of the community . |
22 | His back was also as straight as a ramrod and his highly polished black gaiters had flashed in the sun . |
23 | One solution is to set the glass back as much as a foot and to use thick , matured timber mullions to break up the surface . |
24 | They were very rarely disturbed , at least by foreigners , since to hire a donkey cost a foreigner as much as a cab and pair of horses . |
25 | Paul Guillaume considered Modi a poet as much as a painter and remembered two improvised rhymes : |
26 | 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 . ’ |
27 | We do n't see it as much as a business or a pressure like he does . |
28 | His oh-so-careful slimy grin that lashed out and maimed as much as a punch or a kick . |
29 | He sat back , as smug as a cat that has licked the cream , while Eleanor held his hand and looked concerned . |
30 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |