Example sentences of "was as [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's absolute crap , he was so he was as sober as the day comes I can tell you and it was just a joke . |
| 2 | And descending from the dizzy heights of Labour 's megalithic conference platform , he was as caustic as ever of the slick political selling job it symbolised . |
| 3 | Aunt Margaret was as fragile as the first white shoots put trembling out by a bulb kept in a pot in a dark airing-cupboard . |
| 4 | Anyway , at the luncheon concerned he adopted precisely this cautious attitude and the conversation was as sluggish as it is possible to imagine . |
| 5 | The Guardian 's own Milestones Award for long-term creative commitment to the music went to the veteran George Russell , whose greeting from the crowd was as affectionate as it should have been and a services-to-jazz prize sponsored jointly by Wire and Carlsberg/Elephant lager went to John Surman , one of the most gifted members of that talented and ill-rewarded generation of musicians that came between Stan Tracey 's and the new young heroes . |
| 6 | But however reasonable , nothing was as cheap as free accommodation , and she had been counting on these next six months to build up a bank balance . |
| 7 | He was as tired as she felt . |
| 8 | The David Lloyd club 's defeat at the hands of the Bracknell-based side in Area 7 of the event , was as emphatic as it was surprising . |
| 9 | The Prime Minister 's speech was as comprehensive as it was meticulous , and well reflected the balance of the motion . |
| 10 | A year ago he was as weak and unloved a Democratic presidential candidate as it was possible to be . |
| 11 | He was as capricious and manipulative as his mother could be on her bad days and as violent and arbitrary as his father . |
| 12 | She was wearing a plaid dressing-gown that her Dad had left behind : it smelled like an old dog and was as scratchy and heavy as wearing a carpet . |
| 13 | Sam was as ordinary as they come and proud of it . |
| 14 | Timothy Gedge was as ordinary as anyone else , but the ill fortune of circumstances or nature made ordinary people eccentric and lent them colour in the greyness . |
| 15 | But their aim was as errant as his own , and the hail of bullets ricocheted off the top half of the door to whine viciously into the ceiling of the room , bringing down chunks of plaster in a choking dust cloud . |
| 16 | Trevor Francis was as guilty as anyone , but after 26 minutes the Rangers player-manager provided a beautifully weighted cross which Simon Barker headed just wide . |
| 17 | TCR -β rearrangement in the thymocytes of TCR -α mutant mice was as extensive as that in wild-type or TCR- α heterozygous mice , as indicated by the virtual disappearance of the germ-line band and the presence of several bands corresponding to DJ rearrangements . |
| 18 | The opening of mail was as extensive and systematically organised as telephone tapping . |
| 19 | It was as well that she did because she had forfeited most of her private life for the sake of her chosen career . |
| 20 | It was as well that I was unable to visit the Aran Isles , for if they had changed since the 1930s my disappointment might have been too great to bear . |
| 21 | It was as well that I did , however , for one most distinguished-looking lady of very advanced years moved to my table from the group of her friends who had been assisted indoors . |
| 22 | Perhaps it was as well that he had left home , gone into something with a bit of brainwork in it . |
| 23 | It was as well that Ernest Bevin was a strong ally , and that the president could rely upon his ( Labour ) Parliamentary Secretary , Chuter Ede . |
| 24 | And erm , my wife who 's a teacher had erm a very devastating experience just after I retired so it was erm , it was as well that I retired when I did because I was then able to stay at home and er |
| 25 | It was as well that she had not been because Marguerite looked most sceptical . |
| 26 | It was as well that she could n't , Maggie thought , because Felipe looked almost thunderous . |
| 27 | That day , Arnór Jarlaskáld had made one of his erratic descents upon Orkney , and the talk in the hall was worth listening to , as was the singing , but it was as well that the women should know when to leave . |
| 28 | Perhaps it was as well that it was she and not her sister who was here , she thought at one point — and then immediately realised how ridiculous that thought was . |
| 29 | Fortunately Artemis had often jumped this particular fence with Jenkins , and Buttons sailed over it , which was as well since there was no other way forward . |
| 30 | Being Mario , that brought to mind his mother crying back in the camps because there was n't enough food to put on the table , and that led to considerations of the importance of the family in his life , of the value of tradition , thoughts of how Italian he was as well as American , of the kind of clean life America had offered , of his gratitude , of his feeling for his father who 'd made this giant move at such cost to himself , who had suffered so long and who now saw some chance for his kids of bettering themselves . |