Example sentences of "[vb past] as [adj] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Estimates ranged as high as a couple of hundred units having been sold in Japan . |
| 3 | It cost an arm and a leg — it 's an ordinary navy coat to me , and it cost as much as a fur . ’ |
| 4 | And then there were the free pop concerts which attracted as many as a quarter of a million hippies . |
| 5 | Many of the families spent the first night huddled together in the open but tradition maintains that no one suffered as much as a common cold . |
| 6 | Every driver seemed as ill-tempered as the airline passengers he 'd left behind , his own complaining that his migraine would n't stop until the threatened storm broke . |
| 7 | The promises on human rights seemed as tenuous as the Declaration on Liberated Europe , issued at Yalta 30 years before , and it was difficult to reconcile the Helsinki pledge to refrain from interference in other countries ' affairs with the Brezhnev doctrine . |
| 8 | She seemed as unworried as the headmaster at the fact that the place was due to be consumed in hell-fire . |
| 9 | She took it all in good humour , though Stuart seemed as twitchy as a rabbit 's septum . |
| 10 | He seemed as tall as a mountain , and every one of his steps measured about ten metres . |
| 11 | The vicar who seemed as poor as a church mouse gave no clue to his wealth as he chatted happily to convicted robbers . |
| 12 | Neither economic incentives nor insecurity therefore provided a really effective general mechanism for keeping labour hard at work ; the former , because their scope was limited , the latter because much of it was or seemed as unavoidable as the weather . |
| 13 | Their colours and patterns seemed as fresh as the day they were made and she was amazed at their richness compared with the wartime materials she was used to . |
| 14 | She tried to lift her hand , but the knife now seemed as heavy as a sword . |
| 15 | Although Mungo guessed that he was probably no more than fourteen , he seemed as old as the oldest adult . |
| 16 | Amaranth 's eyes wandered : the hotel foyer was almost empty , and the only other couples seemed as old as the hills . |
| 17 | The trouble was that it seemed as likely as a lion apologising to a gazelle . |
| 18 | The cosy status quo seemed as secure as the Austro-Hungarian Empire . |
| 19 | He seemed as tense as a newly released convict , and that tension was reflected in the percussive piano style with which he treated the opening up-beat R&B and country selections , including Mean Woman Blues and You Win Again . |
| 20 | But now it seemed as natural as the confluence of two rivers and needed no words at all . |
| 21 | The pleasure he felt , and the calmness , and the determination burned as dear as the trees in the forest . |
| 22 | We arrived as keen as a couple of puppies out for their first walkies , full of fun and raring to go ! |
| 23 | Benjamin turned as quick as a top , his eyes sharp and questioning . |
| 24 | My mind raced as nimble as a flea in air . |
| 25 | 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 … |
| 26 | Yeah we walked as far as the lights |
| 27 | Ones does not leave the cinema stuffed as full as a foie gras goose with patronizing , politically correct dogma . |
| 28 | Invaders swiftly became as Irish as the rest of us . |
| 29 | When Wales won the Triple Crown in 1988 with a team who had amble development left in them , the future looked bright ; then came a calamitous tour of New Zealand followed by sundry other mishaps and the outlook became as dark as an All Black jersey . |
| 30 | The bird 's flapping became as frantic as a wind-up toy 's for a few seconds , but this quickly petered out and its body became limp . |