Example sentences of "[adj] as [art] church " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish to go as high as the church steeple , ’ she told the broom firmly . |
| 2 | Such arguments may seem trivial when bodies as thoughtful as the Church of England have taken it upon themselves to ponder the issue of the use of nuclear weapons ; but the bomb has not gone off and when it has receded into the background we will be left with the demand for electricity . |
| 3 | She 's as poor as a church mouse , that 's why she has to come to Arthur and Margot 's in the holidays . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I hope there 's a fat cheque in the posh otherwise I shall be as poor as a church mouse . |
| 5 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 6 | The vicar who seemed as poor as a church mouse gave no clue to his wealth as he chatted happily to convicted robbers . |
| 7 | They 'll take one look at my clothes and know I 'm as poor as a church mouse . ’ |
| 8 | Poverty-stricken as the Church is today in many things , she is most stricken here , in the place of prayer . |
| 9 | There will come the time when he will withdraw the Holy Spirit , when he will be taken out of the world , but as long as the church of Jesus Christ is here that will not take place . |
| 10 | The glade where the ghost orchids grew amid the crumbling remains of what had once been a Roman villa was as cool as the church , and an unmistakable smell of summer blossoms mingled with the lush green growth of the wood . |
| 11 | Alina mostly took her breaks alone ; she 'd sit in a corner with a magazine , usually one of Adele 's old wildlife partworks , and be about as obtrusive as a church mouse until her time was over . |
| 12 | He is most relaxed when he is in the converted barn in Devon that is now his painting studio ; it is stone-floored and filled with light and quiet as a church . |
| 13 | Fielding said it was a mob joint and I believed him : brocade , matt light , as quiet as a church . |