Example sentences of "be as strong as a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'm as strong as a horse , you know that . |
2 | I 'm as strong as a horse . |
3 | The African is as strong as a ploughox , each man can do the work in this clime of two or three of men like us . |
4 | She 's as strong as a horse . |
5 | She was the tallest of the girls , and in some ways she was as strong as a man . |
6 | I used many of the ship 's ropes too , and in the end my fence was as strong as a stone wall . |
7 | The compulsion to get away , and not look back , was as strong as a hand on her shoulder urging her forward . |
8 | And now she was as strong as a cart horse , and he did n't give a damn . |
9 | George was a quick thinker so always did the introducing and all of the talking , but George did not talk about himself — he told of how Lennie was as strong as a bull and how he could buck barley all day . |