Example sentences of "[am/are] as [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know , you 're as scatty as mummy you are ! |
| 2 | One minute you 're like fire in my arms , the next you 're as cold as ice . |
| 3 | Well thing is that I mean a lot of these jobs , I mean er yeah they recognize that , I mean a lot of them yo they think you 're as thick as shit and treat you like you 're as thick as shit just because you 're doing a thick as shit job but you know they ca n't necessarily give you more |
| 4 | Well thing is that I mean a lot of these jobs , I mean er yeah they recognize that , I mean a lot of them yo they think you 're as thick as shit and treat you like you 're as thick as shit just because you 're doing a thick as shit job but you know they ca n't necessarily give you more |
| 5 | In fact , as Christopher Hill says , they 're as different as vinegar from wine . |
| 6 | ‘ Basically we 're as different as chalk and cheese , and we have completely different life styles — for a start I 'm a family man , and he 's not . |
| 7 | They look alike but they 're as different as chalk and cheese . ’ |
| 8 | Oh , Lee , you 're as large as life . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're as bad as Mistress Sarah , ’ she answered . |
| 10 | " You 're as bad as Daddy , " she said . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're as bad as Mummy . |
| 12 | ‘ I agree you 're as hard as granite , ’ she returned smartly , ‘ but I do n't know that I like being called a drip . ’ |
| 13 | Who art as black as hell , as dark as night . |
| 14 | ‘ You think I am as cold as stone , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Liz and her husband are as poor as church mice . |
| 16 | Secondly , since alternative methods of endometrial samples are as accurate as dilatation and curettage , and acceptable to most patients , it seems reasonable to suggest that with appropriate guidelines , training , and support of the family health services authority , general practitioners could perform some of the procedures otherwise carried out in gynaecology outpatient services or the operating theatre . |
| 17 | They are as ordinary as water , |
| 18 | Cigarettes are as addictive as heroin . |
| 19 | No use pretending the Cross Ns are as cool as fabric boots , but I bet they will be a good deal more durable . |
| 20 | I say surprising , because some are as digestible as boot polish while others are simply unwatchable . |
| 21 | I admit Victor is evasive at times , but we have known one another since early childhood , we are as close as brother and sister — ’ |
| 22 | One lot are as good as gold — we 'll have them any day , but another lot are almost more than we can cope with ! |
| 23 | ‘ The young are as good as gold . |
| 24 | Both are as good as money in the bank . |
| 25 | My lips they are as cold as clay , |
| 26 | I know that my thoughts and feelings are as safe as Cabinet Office minutes behind this beard . |
| 27 | Although the principles of the techniques are as old as mathematics itself , the ability to solve the complex equations was only available with the advent of electronic computers . |
| 28 | The brothers are as different as day and night . |
| 29 | The two men are as different as chalk and cheese . |
| 30 | These phenomena are as different as chalk from cheese . |