Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year before his death he was still reminding Du Camp about his surprise arrival with the young phenomenon , and still laughing as much as the day it had happened . |
| 2 | Labour 's local government spokesman , David Blunkett , has warned that the council tax is already showing signs of becoming as controversial as the poll tax . |
| 3 | Plus they rely far too heavily on Chad Gracey 's bionic drumming to get them noticed , the tinny snare effect soon becoming as annoying as a catfight underneath your window at 3.00am . |
| 4 | The sun was beating down on our backs and our throats were becoming as dry as a proverbial nuns . |
| 5 | The means are becoming as important as the ends . |
| 6 | And , after being out in the sunshine with the children most of the day , she 'd lost her pale , city complexion , becoming as brown as a berry and looking much younger . |
| 7 | There was Mrs Moore , the dentist 's wife , mother of his friend who had committed suicide because life did not seem worth living ; and there was Mary Johnson 's mother looking as prim as a prune , not knowing that her daughter was no better than a streetwalker . |
| 8 | There was Woil with the usual Man-welcoming expression on his face and looking as harmless as a tired sparrow and saying , ‘ Nice Man , welcome food , good to bring it to grateful Woil . |
| 9 | He came back an hour later , looking as smug as a cat who 'd stolen the cream . |
| 10 | looking as smart as the jacks on playing-cards |
| 11 | Rachel Santerre stood there , looking as beautiful as a summer 's dawn though her face was pale with dark rings round the eyes . |
| 12 | Jackie , himself , was there this time , looking as old as the late Emmet Ryan was at Paddy 's first Mass . |
| 13 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
| 14 | The Treasurer is looking as sick as a parrot ! |
| 15 | I am understudying George Birkitt , who , when I last saw him , was looking as fit as a flea . ’ |
| 16 | Feeble illumination came from phosphorescent lichens mottling the ceiling and from the furnaces of the many tribes of recyclers whose smelting activities and whose upward export-trade in reusable elements to higher zones of the city alone prevented their home-space from filling as full as a constipated bowel . |
| 17 | It was Hilary Robarts who asked the obvious question , sounding as accusatory as a peevish wife . |
| 18 | Our nice respectable sins need cleansing as much as the worse possible sins . |
| 19 | Irritably — she really wanted that cup of tea ; she was growing as bad as the British — McAllister turned off the gas ring , blew out the match , and walked to the front door , grumbling to herself , Hold your horses , I 'm coming , I 'm coming , when another urgent series of knocks sounded . |
| 20 | ‘ If it was n't for that poor bugger , I would be getting as pissed as a bishop 's fart in the Crossed Keys and you would be back in your decrepit church feeding that bloody cat or watching your bloody stars ! |
| 21 | The TV high in the corner was tuned to KWEX and the Spanish commentator was getting as frantic as the fighters . |
| 22 | But just when I was feeling at home in the loin-cloth and boot polish , and when I 'd learned my lines before anyone else and was getting as competent as a little orangutan on the scaffolding , I saw that our conflicts had n't ended . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | ‘ It 's getting as bad as the days of cutthroat razors . |
| 25 | Suddenly flying as high as a kite , she could n't resist the tiny gibe . |
| 26 | Er , I ca n't quite make it out , but if the erm , the Health Authority does n't seem to be providing as much as the scheme is going to cost , is that right ? |
| 27 | Mr Pollard says without a review of court procedures and a cut in paperwork , it will be very hard to make policing as visible as the public demands . |
| 28 | After ninety bruising minutes in the mire that is ‘ The Tip ’ , the last thing we or our opponents will want on a fridge-like February Saturday , is a three-mile walk to the local Duck and Forceps ' washroom , caked in mud and soggy shorts smelling as evil as a gypsy 's knickers . |
| 29 | Walpole in the mid 1730s was deriving as much as a third of the annual revenue of £4.5 million secured from indirect taxation from malt and beer . |
| 30 | Kate , who enjoyed the ritual of eating as much as the food itself , had been known to find this irritating , also . |