Example sentences of "as white [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | The landscape he rode through was as white as a desert . |
2 | The big wooden table had been scrubbed as white as a bone on the seashore . |
3 | He went as white as a sheet and backed off immediately . |
4 | He was as white as a sheet . |
5 | Chrissie Stone looked out at them , and they could see that her face was as white as a sheet . |
6 | ‘ You 're as white as a sheet and you 're shaking . |
7 | After Millie had flounced away to do her bidding , Aggie said , ‘ She came in that yard as white as a sheet . |
8 | She heard her father exclaim , " My soul to the Devil , she will not ! " which brought forth a gabble of Portuguese from the visitors that was too fast for Sara to understand but which turned Maria Candida as white as a sheet . |
9 | ‘ Goodbye ! ’ he said in a low , hollow voice , his face as white as a sheet . |
10 | ‘ You look as white as a sheet . ’ |
11 | ‘ You 're as white as a sheet , ’ he returned implacably . |
12 | Straightening , he turned to Lori , who had gone as white as a sheet , and had backed up to the door like an animal at bay . |
13 | You 're as white as a sheet . ’ |
14 | When I had reached the front , the first thing I saw was Granpa lying on the pavement , his head propped up on a box of apples and his face as white as a sheet . |
15 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
16 | She was as white as a ghost , and her eyes were shadowed as if she had n't slept properly for weeks . |
17 | Fearon , his swarthy face as white as a ghost beneath the tan , removed his hard hat slowly , the last to do so , and with an angry look at Green as if he felt the financier had somehow insulted rather than honoured the lifeless form sprawled on the flagstones . |
18 | ‘ You look as white as a ghost , Ginny , darling . ’ |
19 | He was shaking and his face was as white as a clown 's . |