Example sentences of "went [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eric Cantona went as close as anyone when he tried a 40 yard lob which sailed over the goalkeeper 's head only to hit the bar and bounce into the grateful arms of Dmitri Kharine . |
| 2 | Her body went as taut as a bowstring , and when she opened her eyes and looked into his face she saw there awestricken astonishment . |
| 3 | Ember seized and aimed it at the control panel beside the door and the room went as dark as it could with the little amber safety-lights glimmering in case of accident . |
| 4 | ‘ She began to make weird , inhuman sounds and went as stiff as a board . |
| 5 | She went as pale as he was and clenched her fists . |
| 6 | Derek cracked up , but I was dumbstruck — super embarrassed — for about thirty seconds , and went as red as a radish . |
| 7 | He went as thin as a rake , and deathly pale then for a couple of weeks . |
| 8 | She broke off inexplicably and her face went as pink as a fuchsia . |
| 9 | When Zen reached the gate the security guard was back in his place , but he was so intent on the spluttering exclamations of his walkie-talkie , cradling it to his face and murmuring to it like a mother trying to calm a baby , that Zen 's departure went as unremarked as his arrival . |
| 10 | The toddler instantly stiffened and went as rigid as a board . |
| 11 | Perdita went as green as the guides ' unconsumed lemon squash . |
| 12 | He went as white as a sheet and backed off immediately . |
| 13 | Ewen went as white as paper , and jerked upright in his chair . |
| 14 | Tess 's face went as white as the snow on the ground . |
| 15 | Kate 's face went as white as the towel around her head . |
| 16 | The audience went immediately silent as the little tiny diva stood centre-stage and ‘ belted out , in a voice much older than her years : |
| 17 | But it all nearly went horribly wrong as Benn cursed the ‘ scumbags ’ who tried to rob him of this title . |
| 18 | And I went very red as well as you can imagine . |