Example sentences of "[pron] be [adj] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( I am blind as a bat without and contact lenses are too expensive and who do you think you are , you should be studying . ) |
| 2 | Go on , Hepzibah , I 'm strong as a horse now and I could do with some air . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm dead as a door nail . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sick as a parrot not to be standing , ’ said Nigel . |
| 5 | I 'm stiff as a board and want to stretch my legs . ’ |
| 6 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 7 | You are pretty as a picture and we would not want you drawing attention to yourself , would we ! ’ |
| 8 | And here you are free as a bird , for once , provided you come back to your cage in time . |
| 9 | ‘ Rubbish , you 're strong as a harse , I tell you ! ’ |
| 10 | When I put you to bed you were high as a kite . ’ |
| 11 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 12 | The only other time they 're paid compensation for loss of earnings , is when they 're sick as a result of an injury received on duty , you know Fire Brigade duty . |
| 13 | Yer was pretty as a picture an' I said ter meself straight away , ‘ Fred ’ , I ses , ‘ this 'ere little lady is gon na be good fer yer business . ’ |
| 14 | It 's sharp as a razor , a real hunting knife , but if you keep the sheath on you can hold it a bit . |
| 15 | It 's nice as a Minister to be able to do this , to look after your own patch . ’ |
| 16 | It 's plain as a pikestaff . |
| 17 | He 's straight as a die . |
| 18 | She was aware of her body , realising that it was taut as a lute string with anticipation . |
| 19 | That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about ! |
| 20 | There we were , messing around with his things , and all the time he was dead as a doornail in Paris . |