Example sentences of "[noun prp] have been as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not surprising that Benny had been as excited as a hen walking on hot coals all summer long , never able to keep still , always jumping up with some further excitement . |
| 2 | Katherine had been as excited as a child on Christmas morning . |
| 3 | Of Cooper 's other favourites , Klee 's 1927 pen ‘ Blume und Früchte ’ ( a gift to Cooper from the artist 's widow ) sold to Heinz Berggruen for $70,000 ( £38,900 ) ( est. $25–35,000 ) , an entirely appropriate outcome as Berggruen had been as devoted to Picasso as Cooper was . |
| 4 | Marlin had been as solicitous as an erring husband since the attack , calling her from his office every hour or so , and several times suggesting that she might want to talk with an analyst , or at very least with one of his many friends who 'd been assaulted or mugged on the streets of Manhattan . |
| 5 | During the last few minutes Hazel had been as near to losing his head as he was ever to come . |
| 6 | Monday afternoon in the House of Commons had been as great a triumph for him ( although he had said practically nothing ) as it had been a disaster for Churchill . |
| 7 | He admitted that Ipswich had been as fortunate to beat Newcastle as they were to beat Wolves in midweek . |
| 8 | The lord of Glyndyfrdwy had been as well-tutored in arms as in law , and as apt a pupil ; he had , moreover , all the experience that Edmund lacked . |
| 9 | Jessamy had been as overwhelmed as he had been , dazzled by the physical passion , and amazed that her own easygoing , relaxed attitude to life could be turned upside down by this one man . |
| 10 | Yet , if Souness had been as rational during the game , Spurs might not have won their first League match in six weeks . |
| 11 | Scotland 's success rate at Twickenham has been as elusive as the Chancellor 's green shoots of recovery : in 35 visits since 1911 , the Scots have enjoyed a mere four victories , with five matches drawn . |
| 12 | Ryan had been as warm and as welcoming as his father . |
| 13 | Sykes had been as cold and miserable as me , hoping against hope that I would surrender first . |
| 14 | Neil Kinnock and Gerald Kaufman had been as busy on the thesaurus of outrage . |
| 15 | But Lamprey had been as courteous as if she had been in her father 's drawing-room . |
| 16 | The priests who 'd officiated at Por Tanssie had been as neat as soldiers . |
| 17 | The recent reductions in Victoria have been as great among blue collar workers ( who watch 38% more commercial television : M Scollo , Victorian smoking and health programme , personal communication ) as among white collar workers . |
| 18 | The making of Archbishops of Canterbury has been as various as the making of Popes . |