Example sentences of "be 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 ‘ You think I am as cold as stone , ’ he said .
14 Honey had been the only sweetener ; sugar had been as expensive as cinnamon or cloves and it could be taxed as a luxury in the firm belief that this would not make life harder for the working classes who were not thought to be consumers of sugar , though this was clearly changing in the eighteenth century .
15 I think so far we ve been as good as gold , and can only maybe have offended Scum supporters … which can only be good : - ) ) ) )
16 However , where such transplantation has been attempted , the results as far as productivity is concerned have not been as dramatic as management academics had expected ( Cole 1980 ) .
17 For B&O , form has long been as important as function , allowing it to avoid the open-sandwich school of Danish design .
18 Matters of control , both quality and quantity , have been as important as income .
19 That was how I heard Old Red had been as angry as Sister over the Charlie Peters affair , and had said as much to Dr Jones .
20 Liz and her husband are as poor as church mice .
21 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 .
22 They are as ordinary as water ,
23 Cigarettes are as addictive as heroin .
24 No use pretending the Cross Ns are as cool as fabric boots , but I bet they will be a good deal more durable .
25 I say surprising , because some are as digestible as boot polish while others are simply unwatchable .
26 I admit Victor is evasive at times , but we have known one another since early childhood , we are as close as brother and sister — ’
27 One lot are as good as gold — we 'll have them any day , but another lot are almost more than we can cope with !
28 ‘ The young are as good as gold .
29 Both are as good as money in the bank .
30 My lips they are as cold as clay ,
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