Example sentences of "be as [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they 're gathered together they go ‘ Phwoaaaargghh ! ! ! ’ a lot — like most lads do — and generally they 're as right-on as a picket-line crossing , strike-breaking blackleg . |
| 2 | I know , you 're as scatty as mummy you are ! |
| 3 | You 're as useful as your information . ’ |
| 4 | So what — you 're as young as the man you feel . |
| 5 | They say you 're as young as you feel and I 'm certainly not going to give up on life for a long time to come ! |
| 6 | ‘ You 're as young as you feel , ’ his mother said . |
| 7 | They think they look all sweet , and underneath they 're as cruel as cruel . |
| 8 | You 're as relieved as I am . |
| 9 | You 're as guilty as he is . ’ |
| 10 | No , I do n't think they 're as incompetent as that even if I accept that they were as incompetent as you imply . |
| 11 | er you see my bedroom curtain windows they 're as wide as this but they 're not as deep |
| 12 | You 've no choice , you 're part of the international environment and you operate in that and you ca n't control , as I 've said before , er even if you 're as powerful as the United States , you ca n't control that environment and you do n't claim to control that environment in the same way that you claim to control your domestic environment . |
| 13 | One hundred and twenty quid might sound steep for a set of classical guitar machineheads , but perhaps not when they 're as nice as these . |
| 14 | The audience is dragged through the same mire as the resistance fighter ; by the film 's end we 're as tired and frazzled as they are . |
| 15 | Boy used to think , I suppose we both work nights , really , it 's no wonder we 're as tired as each other , we 've been up working all night . |
| 16 | When you 've made the final , you 're as good as anyone there . |
| 17 | Now if you two charming ladies , and Herbert here , can persuade your betters to free you from the chains for an hour or two , we 're as good as on our way ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If we spend our time worrying about what they can do we 're as good as dead . ’ |
| 19 | You 're not above mentioning your height , even bragging about it at times , saying you 're as good as any two men twice your size . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm sure they 're as good as we are but , they 're them and we 're us . |
| 21 | We 're as good as invisible now . |
| 22 | He 's newly made the king 's lieutenant here in North Wales , now we 're as good as at war . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Be thankful you 're as good as you are , Leonora . |
| 24 | Technically we 're as good as the men . |
| 25 | They 're faster and stronger but in other ways we 're as good as them |
| 26 | I know Jackie said well you should n't , you should try the Toshibas they 're as good as gold those are . |
| 27 | I know they 're as good as a house almost . |
| 28 | Even if you 're as good as a master they still wo n't give you the top black |
| 29 | ‘ You 're as spineless as an up-turned jellyfish , Bob Crayshaw ! ’ |
| 30 | You 're as snug as a bug in a rug here , Myles . |