Example sentences of "as high [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ While at present returns are not as high as a year ago , they are still relatively attractive . ’ |
| 2 | Estimates ranged as high as a couple of hundred units having been sold in Japan . |
| 3 | Beyond , surrounding a thicket of rushes , stood an enclosure of posts and rails half as high as a man . |
| 4 | The reeds here were as high as a man , water gurgling in the creeks , running towards the sea . |
| 5 | I never seen a Christmas tree so big — it 's as high as a house . |
| 6 | ‘ A horse and a cart that stands as high as a house and cost the best part of thirty pounds and you lost them both ? ’ |
| 7 | There was a terrible wind blowing as well , sheeting across the plateau , piling the snow into drifts as high as a house . |
| 8 | Drifts as high as a house Jamie said . ’ |
| 9 | Rives had everything , including immense strength , whereas Jones is hugely athletic and can jump as high as a guy six inches taller than himself . |
| 10 | I 'm as high as a kite and there 's no champagne in the orange juice . ’ |
| 11 | And er , I first started feeling I was overweight when I fourteen and I was , I was twelve stone and I went to the doctor and got black capsules to take which had me as high as a kite for a long time ! |
| 12 | The three basic methods are gas and air , which many had used , some so enthusiastically that they ended up either very sleepy , or as one said , " as high as a kite " . |
| 13 | Well you 're either sort of scraping off the ceiling cos you 're as high as a kite |
| 14 | Suddenly flying as high as a kite , she could n't resist the tiny gibe . |
| 15 | as high as a kite radio , all |
| 16 | as high as a kite radio , all |
| 17 | Jekub 's back wheels were nearly as high as a human . |