Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | An and it 's what makes me so cross as I walk past that blinking school every day and you think my kid should be over there ! |
| 2 | There is nothing so soul-destroying as living from day to day with no purpose . |
| 3 | Nothing so absolute as sex . |
| 4 | ‘ There is nothing so fascinating as other people 's disputes . ’ |
| 5 | Nothing so dramatic as Nora Fanshawe had suggested need have happened . |
| 6 | There 's nothing so lonely as unemployment , even if you 're on a queue with a thousand others . |
| 7 | Defined in this way , most cal programs tend to be very restricted ; however , people have long seen in them much potential as resources . |
| 8 | She said : ‘ I understand that bit , but I as sure as hell do n't understand you when you talk about the sort of girl I am . |
| 9 | I as sure as hell do n't want it . |
| 10 | No , I as flat as a pancake until I had her ! |
| 11 | I was telling Adrian that , you were putting a red light up in my bedroom that I as long as your brother kept coming home with all his friends . |
| 12 | Erm and I I as far as I can remember I think such things as underwear were unknown . |
| 13 | I would n't say it was a dissenting voice chairman , erm But er following the discussions on on Friday erm I endeavoured to take erm instructions from on this particular issue which I as far as I was able to do I did . |
| 14 | It 's ridiculous to say I am gon na get , like I as far as like , grace absolutely ludicrous . |
| 15 | Nor was I as isolated as might at first appear . |
| 16 | It seemed an extraordinary attitude for the mother of someone as successful as Stephen . |
| 17 | In retrospect , it seemed almost inevitable that someone as colourful as Greig should find a wholly novel way of bringing about his own downfall . |
| 18 | Raymond Floyd might have suggested that the match was all about sportsmanship and camaraderie but there was no disguising the feeling in the American camp when someone as eloquent as Tom Watson could state that he was " over here to kick some butt " . |
| 19 | They were clumsy , hesitant lies , yet Simon had believed them : it did not occur to him that someone as stupid as Marie could ever successfully deceive him . |
| 20 | I 've just never known a woman priest … but with someone as good as her , one gradually gets over the prejudice . |
| 21 | ‘ You know I 'd give my right arm to have someone as good as you to model for me ! |
| 22 | Listen , someone as good as that , you keep . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well , not … wrong , exactly , ’ Mrs Dooley lowered her voice and adopted a conspiratorial air , not easy for someone as broad as she was tall , and given to smiles more often than frowns . |
| 24 | Now , on the Sunday she died , Lady Eleanor abruptly broke with custom , refusing to go to Compline , and someone as alert as you must have seen the secret preparations she had made . ’ |
| 25 | Maybe I liked the Mystery Man because he represents no threat — he would never have time for someone as ordinary as me . ’ |
| 26 | He laughed , but she was pleased to see that he was fast becoming his normal self , this unwonted display of humility being hidden , perhaps only ever to be shown again to someone as close as her . |
| 27 | ’ You have very similar motives in someone as charismatic as David as you do in the mute lad I played in Trapped In Silence . |
| 28 | She was surprised to see it was covered by a thick mat of soft fair hair — somehow she 'd have expected someone as blond as him to have smooth , hairless skin . |
| 29 | ‘ More than I 'd ever be interested in doing for someone as one-dimensional as you are . ’ |
| 30 | To someone as proud as Angel , this , and the result of the war , had been the ultimate humiliation . |