Example sentences of "[adj] as the day [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That prospect looked increasingly likely as the day wore out its brief existence . |
| 2 | That 's absolute crap , he was so he was as sober as the day comes I can tell you and it was just a joke . |
| 3 | The commonest stress symptom of all is probably tiredness , which ( in contrast to physical fatigue ) is usually present on waking and does not get worse as the day goes on . |
| 4 | And it got worse as the day wore on , especially since it began to rain . |
| 5 | The riding apart , he could have faced it more sensibly , but with the fear of failing there and the strange , intangible instinct he felt that he was altogether on foreign territory attempting the business at all , he felt more and more miserable as the day approached . |
| 6 | Farwaggi , his Arab provenance showing in the bluish ( Camus-esque , thinks Letterman ) stubble which grows stronger as the day progresses , a gentle mycological stain spreading on his eager , almost good-looking face , spends all day on the phone either ordering variations on the club 's menus or rushing to and from the fax office . |