Example sentences of "[verb] as high [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Rives had everything , including immense strength , whereas Jones is hugely athletic and can jump as high as a guy six inches taller than himself . |
2 | And high above , at the end of the curve , the steep hillsides rose as high as the rim of the dormant volcano on High Island . |
3 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
4 | Estimates ranged as high as a couple of hundred units having been sold in Japan . |
5 | Though I jumped too when he cracked the whip , there came a time when I refused to jump as high as the others . |
6 | As long as they 've been racing hangliders in Britian Pete Harvey from Milton Keynes has flown as fast and soared as high as the very best … |
7 | Do you also remember another New Testament scholar at Manchester who flipped and declared that the word ‘ Jesus ’ was really a code for a sacred mushroom and the Bible was a do-it-yourself manual for getting as high as the stars without leaving your body ? |
8 | Suddenly flying as high as a kite , she could n't resist the tiny gibe . |
9 | I wish to go as high as the church steeple , ’ she told the broom firmly . |
10 | If it goes as high as an additional half a million each year then the structural management fund will not last through the three years . |
11 | Her mind leapt as high as the moon — somehow she knew the seal could answer her heart 's desire — but how could she make it happen ? |
12 | In the event , they found the crossing reasonably easy , the water never reaching as high as the beasts ' bellies . |
13 | in fact , in some cases fixed costs can enable the established firm to price as high as the monopoly level yet induce no entry — what Bain called " blockaded entry " ( see Dixit , 1979 ) . |
14 | In Brisbane where 300,000 people packed together in the city centre , hysteria ran as high as the baking 95 degree temperature . |