Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] as a new " in BNC.
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| 1 | " The unrest of which we hear so much as a new disease exists chiefly in the minds of the agitators " , chief among whom was Havelock Wilson himself but also his associates , especially Edward Tupper , " a fraudulent imposter who , while pretending to be an enemy of Capital , was in reality a bankrupt company promoter " . |
| 2 | Seven years old … second time round the clock … charecterful … but it 'll fetch as much as a new one would in Britain . |
| 3 | Everything that he 'd had in mind to say to her was suddenly gone from his head , his mind as blank as a new wall and his belly full of sudden , inexplicable dread . |
| 4 | Beneath the mud smears , Perdita was as white as a new polo ball . |
| 5 | How does an otherwise perfectly healthy and normal hedgehog wind up … in the pink , as bald as a new born baby , devoid of spines , naked to the world . |
| 6 | All the crew liked and even obeyed Silver , and he was always pleased to see me in the kitchen , which he kept as clean as a new pin . |
| 7 | Nightingale had been her father 's amah for five years , and was younger than Rachel , but was hard-working and loyal , kept the villa as clean as a new pin , and was becoming a part of the family . |
| 8 | Elinor , now asleep in the bedroom , her square jaw up like a tombstone , her mouth as wide as a new grave , her light snore ticking fitfully , like some tired machine . |