Example sentences of "as white [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 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 . |
| 20 | Heathcliff dropped his candle and stood without moving , his face as white as the wall behind him . |
| 21 | Tess 's face went as white as the snow on the ground . |
| 22 | Kate 's face went as white as the towel around her head . |