Example sentences of "[pers pn] was as [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was as happy as a pig in shit . |
| 2 | I was as sick as a dog . |
| 3 | I was as stiff as a poker , and as red-hot with pain . |
| 4 | She was the tallest of the girls , and in some ways she was as strong as a man . |
| 5 | And now she was as strong as a cart horse , and he did n't give a damn . |
| 6 | She was as strong as a little horse . |
| 7 | But , she was as nervous as a kitten because we were , we were in a one of these Canadian type er |
| 8 | ‘ She was as straight as a die and a pillar of the community . |
| 9 | When Aunt Tossie gave , or spent , she was as exuberant as a child , tossing a ball into the air . |
| 10 | In fact she was as quiet as a mouse and Ruth hardly knew she was there . |
| 11 | As soon as she was in the sack , she was as quiet as a lamb . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She was as bright as a button . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She was as tense as a cat stalking a bird . |
| 16 | She was as white as a ghost , and her eyes were shadowed as if she had n't slept properly for weeks . |
| 17 | The dark clouds had become more compact and although it was still only late morning , it was as dark as a gathering twilight . |
| 18 | It was a large fire , the mantle above it the height of Riven 's shoulders , and it was as long as a bed . |
| 19 | In one boot was thrust a riding crop , unusual in that it was as long as a spear and tipped with tiny steel barbs . |
| 20 | It was as simple as a naked body . |
| 21 | It was as wide as a small room , but there were bulky pieces of old furniture against the walls between the doors , and Anne was forced to squeeze through a narrow and irregular middle path . |
| 22 | It was as wide as a bus . |
| 23 | It was as good as a caress and Violet could only squirm . |
| 24 | It was as good as a holiday . |
| 25 | It was as good as a ballet to watch Finn eat but Francie mopped gravy with bread and chewed bones from his fingers . |
| 26 | It was as dry as a bone , under a never-ending , roaring waterfall . |
| 27 | ‘ It was as hectic as a Monday morning surgery , ’ said Trevor , back home in Sheffield . |
| 28 | He showed me a little thing , the size of a hazelnut , in the palm of my hand , and it was as round as a ball . |
| 29 | When the corpse floated past , it was as unremarkable as a branch drifting in the water , and once we had passed it , it stayed bobbing in the water as if tied to our stern . |
| 30 | The hair stayed orange , and to the end of her life it was as tough as a rocking horse 's . |