Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [adj] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the Mozart festivals in both Munich and Salzburg he became enormously popular as Tamino , Belmonte , and Don Ottavio . |
| 2 | Montgomery ( a very outdated figure at the time of his death in 1976 ) had been Britain 's last military hero , and he seemed as remote as Wellington or Marlborough . |
| 3 | He seemed as happy as Larry trailing round the greasy dustbins of Bristol till nuclear war broke out or the police nabbed him for pilfering a used Tesco bag . |
| 4 | He felt as black as John Jasper , and wondered even now whether to switch to The Mystery of Edwin Drood . |
| 5 | It ended in a choking splutter as Sir Thomas , following Nancy 's tragic end , collapsed to his knees , clutching at and dragging over the lectern , and then falling to the floor where he lay as insensible as Nancy herself . |
| 6 | He looked as harassed as Sara felt . |
| 7 | He looked as young as Doggett . |
| 8 | as a matter of interest that 's actually would be higher than any other retailer in Britain actually that 's not commonly known no other retailer who has a penetration of whatever he sells as high as M F I does |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , champignons , ’ I replied , thinking that he sounded as old as Noah and immediately I 'd named him Grandad . |