Example sentences of "[adv] as tall [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was nearly as tall as the ceiling and hardly had to reach . |
| 2 | He was n't as tall as the marquis , but he had a wiry physique and a sound constitution . |
| 3 | Three metres long and heavy , almost as tall as a horse , it had a menacing array of sharp teeth . |
| 4 | There were trees outside , great towering hulks of oak , ash and chestnut that stood almost as tall as the house itself . |
| 5 | She was almost as tall as the outsider . |
| 6 | They grow sticking up vertically on sandy sea floors , some only a few centimetres long , some half as tall as a man . |