Example sentences of "[noun] went [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.

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1 Ewen went as white as paper , and jerked upright in his chair .
2 Her body went as taut as a bowstring , and when she opened her eyes and looked into his face she saw there awestricken astonishment .
3 Ember seized and aimed it at the control panel beside the door and the room went as dark as it could with the little amber safety-lights glimmering in case of accident .
4 When Zen reached the gate the security guard was back in his place , but he was so intent on the spluttering exclamations of his walkie-talkie , cradling it to his face and murmuring to it like a mother trying to calm a baby , that Zen 's departure went as unremarked as his arrival .
5 Perdita went as green as the guides ' unconsumed lemon squash .
6 Eric Cantona went as close as anyone when he tried a 40 yard lob which sailed over the goalkeeper 's head only to hit the bar and bounce into the grateful arms of Dmitri Kharine .
7 The audience went immediately silent as the little tiny diva stood centre-stage and ‘ belted out , in a voice much older than her years :
8 Tess 's face went as white as the snow on the ground .
9 Kate 's face went as white as the towel around her head .
10 She broke off inexplicably and her face went as pink as a fuchsia .
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