Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a couple , they appear as ‘ babes in the wood ’ , helpless and hopeless together as they would be on their own , beset by the awfulness of everyone else . |
| 2 | These homemade videos are often as rough-looking inside as they are on the outside . |
| 3 | THE Chattahoochee river seems tranquil enough as it meanders 385 miles from north Georgia 's mountains past Atlanta , along the Alabama border and across the Florida Panhandle , finally spilling into the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 4 | The law , she thinks , is strong enough as it stands . |
| 5 | Perhaps because something called a stoup in a church was not so interesting enough as he had thought . ’ |
| 6 | What he was thinking of doing was risky enough as it was . |
| 7 | I managed to roll clear just as it flew off into the air , never to be seen again . |
| 8 | Her mocking laughter sounded as clear now as it had done months earlier . |
| 9 | Johnny Tillotson 's Poetry in Motion , Lesley Gore 's It 's my Party , Cliff Richard 's Move It , the Ventures ' Walk Do n't Run , Eddie Cochran 's C'm on Everybody … all sound as fresh today as they ever did . |
| 10 | This very popular music with its haunting , melancholy and often monotonous melodies is sung in Madeira but has never become as popular here as it is in Portugal . |
| 11 | We are committed to ensuring that this reputation remains as sound tomorrow as it is today . |
| 12 | Mushy peas are believed to have originated in the North and remain as popular today as they have ever been . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , the designer has integrated them in the text , and while this might be admirable for coffee table books or even guide books , it is quite wrong here as it makes them look cramped and mean . |
| 14 | Similarly , things can be inseparable even as they are distinguishable , as water = H20 . |
| 15 | It was considered as wrong then as it is now to embezzle the Crown 's revenues . |
| 16 | She was not otherwise positively ill-looking , though anxious , meagre , of a muddy complexion , and looking as old again as she really was . |
| 17 | He who does what is right , is righteous just as he |
| 18 | The blue-greens , therefore , flourish uncropped just as they did when they were the most advanced form of life anywhere in the world . |
| 19 | Recognise that this is a form of self-importance — that everyone is perfect just as they are . |
| 20 | The couple 's new attitude was clearly visible yesterday as they continued their tour of Korea . |
| 21 | Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned . |
| 22 | I would still prefer to see the priority being a quick release of the ball to the backs , purely because they are looking as dangerous now as they have done for years . |
| 23 | It is probably a fact that few people have ever thought about , but a fact nonetheless , that nights are not so dark now as they used to be . |
| 24 | It was quite dark now as they bounced along the rough road . |
| 25 | But he grew serious now as they sat out on the terrace , two blissful days into their marriage , watching a blood-red sun sink into a blood-red sea . |
| 26 | ‘ The Police generally support us on this , but I have to say the problem does not seem quite as serious now as it used to be , and they did not mind us frequently playing Saturday games last season . ’ |
| 27 | We were fortunate really as we did n't have a lot of , you know , bombing round here but we used to go in . |
| 28 | This makes the Scottish footwork look very light and easy particularly as it is allied to the steps of petit and grand allegro he also used . |
| 29 | Phil Lowe was as dangerous here as he had been at Wembley . |
| 30 | And there you are importunate even as I am . |