Example sentences of "his [noun sg] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the implications of his presence as much as the sight of him that heated her skin and caused her heart to thunder as her mind leapt treacherously forward to the night that lay ahead of them . |
| 2 | His blond stubble was silky and made his mouth as exciting as an adolescent boy 's . |
| 3 | His rich guest merely made a sound , unable clearly to articulate a word with his mouth as wadded as a feather pillow . |
| 4 | He had become too cloying in his affections , his talk as saccharine as the dialogue from the Christmas classics on the television , his every gaze mawkish . |
| 5 | Everything that he 'd had in mind to say to her was suddenly gone from his head , his mind as blank as a new wall and his belly full of sudden , inexplicable dread . |
| 6 | Sister Martha 's father was a butcher in Fecamp years ago , his overall as blue as the habit she wears now . |
| 7 | And Daine 's neural dysfunctions have shaped his Dream as much as the externals he took from his old vids . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ No … speech ? ’ he queried , his body as taut as a bowstring . |
| 9 | A voice for moderation and good order — like many others — but his head as bare as the rest when the bricks started to fly , his body as vulnerable to sabre cuts as his father 's , his countenance indistinguishable to those young and possibly nervous soldiers from the real " physical force " brigade they were supposed to be looking for , who had raised everybody 's temperatures by ambushing and stoning a military escort at Salterhebble . |
| 10 | With a brief , mocking smile , he turned away and hurried up the steps to the hotel lobby , his back as hostile as a roll of barbed wire . |
| 11 | never , get to his singing as early as the blackbirds , the |
| 12 | One detective said : ‘ It is not an exaggeration to assume that during his career as many as a hundred women could have been abused by him using his evil methods . |
| 13 | ‘ I will ask you once more for my brother-in-law 's address , ’ he said , his voice as cold as the Arctic snows . |
| 14 | ‘ There are causes , and there are warriors for causes , ’ replied Ipuky , his voice as empty as the desert . |
| 15 | He was black and gleaming , his outline as smooth as a dolphin 's even down to the hint of rubber . |
| 16 | But just then she looked up and saw Nicolo watching them , his face as black as a storm cloud , and her chin lifted . |
| 17 | Fast asleep against the fence slumped Luke , his face as rumpled as an unmade bed , his shirt , as Perdita shook it , drenched with dew . |
| 18 | ‘ Goodbye ! ’ he said in a low , hollow voice , his face as white as a sheet . |
| 19 | When I had reached the front , the first thing I saw was Granpa lying on the pavement , his head propped up on a box of apples and his face as white as a sheet . |
| 20 | Heathcliff dropped his candle and stood without moving , his face as white as the wall behind him . |
| 21 | The cold wind and his own anger turned parts of his face as scarlet as the hunting ‘ pink ’ he wore . |