Example sentences of "[verb] as white [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
| 2 | ‘ You look as white as a sheet . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You look as white as a ghost , Ginny , darling . ’ |
| 4 | The big wooden table had been scrubbed as white as a bone on the seashore . |
| 5 | Straightening , he turned to Lori , who had gone as white as a sheet , and had backed up to the door like an animal at bay . |
| 6 | He went as white as a sheet and backed off immediately . |