Example sentences of "'s [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , he 's rich as hell ; I 'd heard he was an art lover . |
| 2 | Her plump red lips said : he 's rich as hell and he 's crazy about me , look what I 'm going to get . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's guilty as hell . ’ |
| 4 | I mean community groups were part of it th they did n't sponsor those , they did sponsor individuals , I mean it 's interesting because example that in sponsoring individuals and teams example involve them sponsored by Nike on drug charges and sign their interviewed about his drug charges Nike T-shirt on and so he said that you know one of their criteria was , criteria was not sponsoring individuals . |
| 5 | " It 's wet as muck already . |
| 6 | We say it 's wrong because football is considered a gentleman 's game . ’ |
| 7 | And it 's cold as death here at night . |
| 8 | She 's soft as muck . |
| 9 | It 's fine when plastic is relatively clean and different types can easily be segregated at source , such as in agriculture and distribution . |
| 10 | Nigel Bunn says it 's hard because youhave to carry all your own stuff … he usually needs a week to recover |
| 11 | This is likely to occur when you sail a dinghy , and it 's frequent when windsurfing . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's good as gold is my ole mum , but now me farvver 's gone on short-time she 's feelin' the pinch . |
| 13 | She 's good as gold she is . |
| 14 | Because it 's black as pitch and blowing like blazes , and any man moving on deck will be washed from Hull to Hackney before he can cast a rope from a pin . |
| 15 | He 's lonely as hell , poor old bugger , and does n't know what to do with his time . |
| 16 | She 's cool as shit . |
| 17 | Big Ron … he 's thick as mince ( here him last night ‘ just for fun ’ ) and ca n't be popular with the ‘ powers that be ’ |
| 18 | It 's weird because writing is a pretty spontaneous thing for me , but people seem to imagine after hearing the album that I 'm some real craftsman or pop musicologist or something . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's miserable as sin . ’ |
| 20 | She 's right there , right in front of us , and she 's rusty as hell . |