Example sentences of "[adv] big as a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | The nutmeg , complete with its edible rind , is almost as big as a hen 's egg , with a diameter of about two inches . |
2 | It had more of the great blocky writing , some of the letters nearly as big as a nome 's head . |
3 | Pepsis , a giant among wasps with a six-inch wingspan , lives in South America and grapples with bird-eating spiders as big as a man 's hand . |
4 | So as you will see , this leaves a hole as big as a goat 's backside in the programme , and Dulcie wrote to Jas and I that unless one of us would write another ballet , and a longish one at that , the University Ballet would n't be able to go to JHB ! ! ! |
5 | In Colin Harvey you had a twinkle-toed midfielder with a heart as big as a lion 's . |
6 | He told Richardson that a Dutch gentleman had given him Frageria chiloensis , a native strawberry from the Spanish West Indies , but although Miller had not yet seen the fruit he quoted A. F. Frézier who ‘ in his Voyages says it grows as big as a pullet 's egg … a great rarity ’ . |