Example sentences of "[pers pn] was as [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was as awesome as an Arab raiding-party in a Yorkshire village . |
| 2 | I was as happy as a pig in shit . |
| 3 | I was as sick as a dog . |
| 4 | I was as stiff as a poker , and as red-hot with pain . |
| 5 | She was the tallest of the girls , and in some ways she was as strong as a man . |
| 6 | And now she was as strong as a cart horse , and he did n't give a damn . |
| 7 | She was as strong as a little horse . |
| 8 | She was as innocent as the sleeping birds in the trees , or the small field animals in the hedges . |
| 9 | She was as reckless as the DK , but Bernice suspected that until recently she 'd been more cautious . |
| 10 | But , she was as nervous as a kitten because we were , we were in a one of these Canadian type er |
| 11 | ‘ She was as straight as a die and a pillar of the community . |
| 12 | People said that she was as wild as the Moor itself and just as changeable . |
| 13 | When Aunt Tossie gave , or spent , she was as exuberant as a child , tossing a ball into the air . |
| 14 | In fact she was as quiet as a mouse and Ruth hardly knew she was there . |
| 15 | As soon as she was in the sack , she was as quiet as a lamb . |
| 16 | Wearing Havvie 's ring , a diamond heirloom given to all Blaine brides , laughing , talking and playing with him as the London season began , Sally-Anne persuaded herself that she was as happy as a girl could be , Terry Rourke 's betrayal wiped out and forgotten . |
| 17 | She was as bright as a button . |
| 18 | When she was examined , she did indeed have a nasty attack of herpes , but the doctor who looked at her noticed that she was as brown as a berry . |
| 19 | I do not know whether we dragons loved her or hated her ; her will was like iron , as fast clad as our scaled hides , but her heart was like a songbird in the morning and she was as lovely as the lilies of the field . |
| 20 | Claudia could never believe she was as lovely as the girl in the picture whose cloud of shining golden-brown hair flowed over the translucent skin of her shoulders like a caress . |
| 21 | She was as fearless as the Wooldridge boys who involved her in all their mischief , but sometimes Anna would stand and stare , as if she was seeing things that others could n't see . |
| 22 | She was as tense as a cat stalking a bird . |
| 23 | She was as white as a ghost , and her eyes were shadowed as if she had n't slept properly for weeks . |
| 24 | It was as dull as the overcast sky . |
| 25 | The dark clouds had become more compact and although it was still only late morning , it was as dark as a gathering twilight . |
| 26 | It was as dark as the record suggests . |
| 27 | It was a large fire , the mantle above it the height of Riven 's shoulders , and it was as long as a bed . |
| 28 | In one boot was thrust a riding crop , unusual in that it was as long as a spear and tipped with tiny steel barbs . |
| 29 | It was as simple as a naked body . |
| 30 | Out among the dunes , quietness could be tranquil , but here it was as eerie as an empty theatre . |