Example sentences of "i [am/are] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked if he felt embarrassed , Mr Maxwell said , ‘ I am as keen as a lovely lady . ’ |
| 2 | Well , as you know , I am as curious as the devil . |
| 3 | ‘ I am as silent as the … the what is it ? ’ |
| 4 | I find it a very useful thing , and I am as bad as the next person at chatting merrily away with little thought of time or the expense of it . |
| 5 | Oh , I am as bad as the man who ravished you . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ One minute I 'm very small , the next minute I 'm as tall as a house , then I 'm small again . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm as tall as the tower . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm as selfish as a pig , deep down , ’ she says . |
| 9 | And what makes me admit that I 'm as hapless as the biography to the left suggests ? |
| 10 | I 'm as fallible as the next man . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm as strong as a horse , you know that . |
| 12 | I 'm as strong as a horse . |
| 13 | They 'll take one look at my clothes and know I 'm as poor as a church mouse . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm as fresh as a daisy , ’ he declared brightly . |
| 15 | I 'm as clean as a whistle ; they can test me any time , anywhere . ’ |
| 16 | Oh , Shelley , I 'm as excited as a schoolgirl . |
| 17 | I 'm as sick as a bit player in a Ben Elton script . |
| 18 | Now he wants to test himself at the top : ‘ I 'm as ambitious as the next man . |
| 19 | I 'm as stiff as a board |
| 20 | Let me finish in a very positive note in saying that I 'm as concerned as the speaker to which I reply that that day will be reached and reached soon , please God , when we can sit down together and share fully in the sacrament of the lord 's supper . |
| 21 | I 'm as high as a kite and there 's no champagne in the orange juice . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm as brown as a local . |