Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] [art] house " in BNC.
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| 1 | For one inclusive price you can enjoy the thrills of the Astroglide ( a six-lane slide that 's as tall as a house ) , roller-coaster , Western train ride , adventure play area plus roundabouts specially for the very young . |
| 2 | ‘ I shall be as tall as a house in a minute , ’ she said . |
| 3 | ‘ One minute I 'm very small , the next minute I 'm as tall as a house , then I 'm small again . |
| 4 | There were trees outside , great towering hulks of oak , ash and chestnut that stood almost as tall as the house itself . |
| 5 | as if life itself were not as empty as the house one was coming back to . |
| 6 | I never seen a Christmas tree so big — it 's as high as a house . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 8 | There was a terrible wind blowing as well , sheeting across the plateau , piling the snow into drifts as high as a house . |
| 9 | Drifts as high as a house Jamie said . ’ |
| 10 | His mother had always flaunted her poverty as if it were a virtue , so there had been no reason to believe she owned an asset as substantial as a house . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend is entirely correct and it would be as well if the House bore that important fact in mind when considering some of the allegations that are made — although I hope this afternoon for a more responsible tone in the remarks of the hon. Member for Sedgefield . |
| 12 | I know they 're as good as a house almost . |
| 13 | To begin your career with a book as wonderful as The House of Mr Biswas , and to carry on in such an unflinchingly individual way to produce a wonderful sardonic book like The Enigma of Arrival , is quite remarkable . ’ |
| 14 | Sometimes as big as a house and containing millions of fish , the mass is near spherical . |