Example sentences of "[adv] high as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never seen a Christmas tree so big — it 's as high as a house . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 3 | With such a small population averages tend to be meaningless but butterfats are generally about 4 per cent and milk yields can be almost as high as a Jersey 's . |
| 4 | There was a terrible wind blowing as well , sheeting across the plateau , piling the snow into drifts as high as a house . |
| 5 | I 'm as high as a kite and there 's no champagne in the orange juice . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ While at present returns are not as high as a year ago , they are still relatively attractive . ’ |
| 7 | Bearing in mind the broadly similar repayment period , he might also be surprised that a £1.40 weekly instalment ( over 25 weeks ) carried a rate over three times as high as a £1.50 one ( over 21 weeks ) in spite of seeming to save him 10p every week . |
| 8 | In fact steel is exceptional in sometimes reaching strengths as high as a tenth of its calculated strength ; the great majority of common solids can show only a hundredth or a thousandth of what theory indicates . |
| 9 | You are as high as a 10-storey building . |
| 10 | Rives had everything , including immense strength , whereas Jones is hugely athletic and can jump as high as a guy six inches taller than himself . |
| 11 | Estimates ranged as high as a couple of hundred units having been sold in Japan . |
| 12 | Beyond , surrounding a thicket of rushes , stood an enclosure of posts and rails half as high as a man . |
| 13 | And er , I first started feeling I was overweight when I fourteen and I was , I was twelve stone and I went to the doctor and got black capsules to take which had me as high as a kite for a long time ! |
| 14 | The three basic methods are gas and air , which many had used , some so enthusiastically that they ended up either very sleepy , or as one said , " as high as a kite " . |
| 15 | Drifts as high as a house Jamie said . ’ |
| 16 | Aunt Goldie points to a moon-faced infant in a perambulator as high as a royal coach . |
| 17 | Jekub 's back wheels were nearly as high as a human . |
| 18 | The reeds here were as high as a man , water gurgling in the creeks , running towards the sea . |
| 19 | As high as a 30 storey building , it then extends above a sea level , clearing the 100 year storm level and forms the base structure housing accommodation areas , power plants , processing equipment , helideck and other topside modules . |
| 20 | Well you 're either sort of scraping off the ceiling cos you 're as high as a kite |
| 21 | Suddenly flying as high as a kite , she could n't resist the tiny gibe . |
| 22 | as high as a kite radio , all |
| 23 | as high as a kite radio , all |