Example sentences of "[adj] as hell " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everybody in the embassy thought it was funny as hell , but he was pissed with it . |
| 2 | It was as painful as hell , and she despised herself for even caring what he had thought of Mark 's abilities , but for some reason she desperately needed to know . |
| 3 | ‘ … the guy called me the minute he got back to his office and he said : ‘ Mo do you agree with me that judge was as wet as hell ? ’ and I said : ‘ If you so say but he was sure swimming in the right pool . ’ |
| 4 | Some of these books are raw as hell , but whether the inspiration comes from Jilly Cooper or Thomas Hardy , Iceberg Slim or Samuel Selvon , what can be said for sure is that the Black British Novel is here to stay , giving voice to a bunch of people with a whole mess of new stories to tell . |
| 5 | Clever as hell , yes ; sharp as a needle , yes ; knowing most answers to given problems , yes . |
| 6 | She was pretty , clean , and hot-arsed as hell itself . |
| 7 | To begin with it was vast , a huge mud city fallen into min , desolate , remote as the moon , and gloomy as hell , for a mist had rolled in , completely obscuring the sun . |
| 8 | I 'm uncomfortable as hell doing comedy , but that 's good , 'cause when I 'm comfy I get complacent , then I get lazy and naff . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's our wish , ’ said Mr Roberts , uncomfortable as hell . |
| 10 | She 's as frustrated as hell , besotted by you ! |
| 11 | She knew damn well what she wanted — Lucy stark naked and randy as hell . |
| 12 | Earnest and alert , edgy as hell . |
| 13 | Across the floor they came , edgy as hell but mortally excited , the nerves spiralling to the ends of their hair , each with her special details of shape and shadow , of torque and thrust . |
| 14 | You do n't know him yet , but he 's as hard as hell . |
| 15 | ‘ Selfish as hell . |
| 16 | Is I wish Erm to be honest with you , I find them as awkward as hell . |
| 17 | This might be in a direct indictment , as at the end of 147 , where after twelve lines describing the poet 's state of fever and madness ( ‘ frantic-mad with evermore unrest ’ ) , the couplet finally reveals the cause of his derangement : ‘ For I have sworn thee fair , and thought thee bright , /Who art as black as hell , as dark as night . ’ |
| 18 | Who art as black as hell , as dark as night . |
| 19 | He quotes Maxwell himself as boasting ‘ I sure as hell have got control and everybody knows it ’ ( Hetherington , 1985 , pp. 28–9 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Sure as hell the locals ai n't gon na like doing it themselves . |
| 21 | Certainly not the radiant glow of confidence and success , or it sure as hell would n't have worked for me that Saturday round at Ramillies Drive . |
| 22 | Sure as hell is . |
| 23 | ‘ And if I do n't earn those few thousand dollars then I am sure as hell not going to sail away with you . |
| 24 | But it sure as hell was n't for Philippe Chaumont 's benefit . |
| 25 | Tonight there would be another raid , sure as hell there would , and everything would be covered with muck and dust again . |
| 26 | ‘ Paul missed that race last year , ’ said Carl Haas , ‘ but sure as hell he 'll be there for Nigel 's debut early next year . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't know whether that multiplies the shielding — I ca n't regurge that info — but sure as hell they 'll cover for each other ! |
| 28 | Goddamn that tune , it sure as hell sounds familiar ! |
| 29 | ‘ Listen here , Bill , this is sure as hell not Atlanta . ’ |
| 30 | As she filled in the forms for him , the girl in Despatch , big and black and at last a friendly face , told him she was from Mississippi , and sure as hell she hated Greeks , Athens , moussaka and retsina . |