Example sentences of "as [adj] as [art] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group informally known as labyrinthodonts ( from their characteristic labyrinth-ridged teeth ) included some impressive animals almost as long as a man : perhaps the alligators of the time . |
| 2 | Black as night , with flaming red eyes and tusks as long as a man 's arm , the Erymanthian Boar had killed many people . |
| 3 | By the central pole stood a great oaken chest , three feet high and as long as a man . |
| 4 | As long as a man was unfree , he had no access to the royal courts , but could plead only in his lord 's court . |
| 5 | But a marriage could be smooth and peaceful , and many were , as long as the man carried out his duties towards his wife and a woman was submissive to her husband . |
| 6 | Her mind was open as long as the man had great quality ; she saw him as an explorer possibly , or an English statesman . |