Example sentences of "[was/were] as [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her little hand trembled in his much larger one , but Guy was too stunned to notice that she did n't pull away , although he continued to hold her as though she were as fragile as glass . |
| 2 | I mean we did a lot of things that other people probably did n't do , I always remember next door to us at one time the curate of the St Mary 's church , er , who is er , he is now Bishop of mm , gosh , he 's a up in Nottingham way , Bishop of something or other , we met him at a , at a do not so very long ago and he 's just the same , he 's marvellous and he was the curate and they were as poor as church mice and er in relation to them we were really well off you know , and er they had hardly any fires or anything and we gave them an electric fire to heat their place up and er when we met him , it was last February at a , a do of one of the research engineers from where I was work working the last job I had and er , he said I 've still got the electric fire |
| 3 | As matchmakers , we did n't know the meaning of the word failure ; on the ramp , stunning successes were as cheap as spit . |
| 4 | And added my own selfish after-thought that the whores in Paris were the most skilled in the world , whilst cups of claret were as cheap as water there ! |
| 5 | IF BUSINESS were as simple as sport it would now be possible to present a league table for the 1989 season , showing games played and points won and leaving one company out on top . |
| 6 | As accessories , the Libyans who supplied those components were as guilty as hell , as guilty morally and legally as anyone directly involved in commissioning or committing mass murder . |
| 7 | But as we made our way down through the trees , I realized that even if I 'd been better at baling I could never have carried that load : my forehead hurt , my neck felt stiff and strained , and the pine-needles on the path , compressed and polished by thousands of feet , were as slippery as glass . |
| 8 | ‘ You were as hot as hell after my bottom . ’ |
| 9 | And the sleeper opened her eyes , which were as blue as periwinkle , or the summer sky , and the little tailor , because he knew this was what he must do , bent and kissed the perfect cheek . |
| 10 | As soon as I found out I had to retire , they were as good as gold and granted me a testimonial straight away . |
| 11 | The accused later told the manager that the cheques were as good as cash , i.e. there was a fraudulent misrepresentation . |
| 12 | Even though to my mind Bambi Lorrimore and Daffodil Quentin were as compatible as salt and strawberries , the two women were again positioned opposite each other , bound there by the attraction between their men . |
| 13 | A man of character , he was always able to give one-hundred per cent effort for his club and his team and as a winger ( in a football age when wingers were as plentiful as mid-field players are today ) , endowed with skills which drew admiration from press , colleagues , supporters and opponents alike , throughout his career . |
| 14 | Taking your ‘ life ’ in your own hands when prescription pads were as plentiful as railway tickets at Waterloo and drugs and pills the larder of every bathroom , was quite bizarre . |
| 15 | She had been as light as a feather to carry and her small hands were as cold as ice . |
| 16 | Their faces were as cold as death , and salty and wet from the sea . |
| 17 | Its first two major applications were as light and motive power and they are still the most familiar ; both can be conveniently dated in 1879 , when Edison perfected the incandescent lamp and Siemens made his electric tram . |
| 18 | The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence . |
| 19 | More cautiously , she tried again , but the lower pieces of wood , which were as thick as roof beams , were wedged . |
| 20 | Donations in kind were as welcome as money . |
| 21 | The scales across Fenna 's shoulders and haunches were as large as dinner plates , and thick , heavy and dry — they changed colour in different lights , from dull pewter through to a dark red , the colour of dried blood , or the murky green of the lower waters of the Amazon River . |
| 22 | Some of these gems were as large as goose eggs but the most precious was an exquisite diamond called the Regal of France . |
| 23 | The dark eyes were as hard as slate . |
| 24 | Even Lloyd George , whose origins were as lowly as Law 's had been , could not stoop to so humble a style , and only Stanley Baldwin ( who drew much of his inspiration from Law ) was able to do so successfully . |
| 25 | Harvey 's casts were as white as snow . |
| 26 | Bike sheds were as important as car parking today . |
| 27 | They were as green as grass , they were like a bunch of lost chickens outside the coop . |
| 28 | The small eggs , when she held them , one by one , in her hand and against her cheek were as chill as glass . |
| 29 | She wore a short grey habit and behind her glasses , her eyes were as bright and dark as a robin 's . |
| 30 | Yet their features were as different as chalk from cheese . |