Example sentences of "for [pron] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , not … wrong , exactly , ’ Mrs Dooley lowered her voice and adopted a conspiratorial air , not easy for someone as broad as she was tall , and given to smiles more often than frowns . |
| 2 | It was a nightmare for someone as shy as I was then . |
| 3 | And a year 's salary is excessive — out of character too for someone as mean as Nigel . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ More than I 'd ever be interested in doing for someone as one-dimensional as you are . ’ |
| 5 | Maybe I liked the Mystery Man because he represents no threat — he would never have time for someone as ordinary as me . ’ |
| 6 | He knew exactly why the Curator had asked him in to see the eagle — a most unusual thing for someone as unimportant as him to be called in personally in this way . |
| 7 | It seemed a little excessive , even for someone as larger-than-life as Luke Hunter . |
| 8 | He seemed an unlikely executive for someone as American as Martinez since he was the product of an elite public school , followed by an equally elite advertising agency . |
| 9 | You must remember that she was still hardly five years old and it is not easy for somebody as small as that to score points against an all-powerful grown-up . |
| 10 | The reader may be doomed to disappointment in reading through an article with wide contextual terms of reference if looking for something as simple as descriptions of works of art , their interpretation and evaluation . |
| 11 | He had a hard race at Newbury , following one the previous week behind Man O Magic at Ascot , but as a six-year-old he looks too young for something as gruelling as the Welsh National — the last six-year-old to win was Miss Gaynus in 1932 . |
| 12 | 18 carat gold is becoming more and more popular for gold jewellery and for something as special as your wedding ring it is worth spending that little bit more . |
| 13 | Confused as she was about her feelings for Johnny Latimer , she knew that she was not yet ready for something as important as this . |
| 14 | There had to be a special word for something as big as that . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh yes , they would pour out their music for something so magical as this . ’ |
| 16 | They 've been under scrutiny since they met — a considerable strain for any relationship , and doubly so for one as close as theirs . |
| 17 | He had been the weaker of a hatching of two males and would almost certainly have died within a few days if local ornithologists had not taken him from the nest and reared him themselves in the hope that a home might finally be found for him as worthwhile as the Zoo … |
| 18 | Status sub-text : ‘ I 'm too busy for anything as insignificant as exchanging pleasantries , so let's get on with it ’ . |
| 19 | But I do not believe that we can assemble a majority for anything as negative as ‘ get the Tories out ’ . |
| 20 | The myths are here as well , for anything as brave as this , as unutterably sad and devastating , has to breed myth . |
| 21 | Oh , they wo n't go for anything so crude as physical torture . |