Example sentences of "thin [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A grille was opened , revealing an evil , narrow-faced , yellow-featured man with eyes of watery blue and a mouth as thin as a vice . |
| 2 | What good is a mason whose arm — mark this ! — whose arm is shrivelled to nothing — as thin as a chicken 's neck it was — as weak as the dribble from a baby 's chin . |
| 3 | He was built like a basketball player ; tall and as thin as a stick insect . |
| 4 | Tuberculosis as a child had kept Billy out of the war , but he was now a fit twenty-six year old , as tall as Yanto , but as thin as a rake . |
| 5 | In spite of all this food I remained as thin as a rake , and was as hungry as ever . |
| 6 | He went as thin as a rake , and deathly pale then for a couple of weeks . |
| 7 | She 's also as thin as a rake . |
| 8 | She said when she saw you last you were as thin as a rake — and she 's right . |
| 9 | She remained as thin as a rake , although she was eating properly now . |
| 10 | Once again I landed back in prison , the debtor 's hold in the Fleet ; a dirty , ramshackle place with narrow corridors , windows as thin as a miser 's lips , stinking with the refuse of the city . |
| 11 | As thin as a silk scarf , on your skull , |
| 12 | They held each other soberly , and Anna noticed he was as thin as a ruler , all bone . |
| 13 | The emaciated guitarist balances precariously on legs thinner than a pair of whittled Swan Vestas , which is fine , because a painfully thin member is essential if the glam card is going to be successfully played . |
| 14 | Wrists thinner than a child 's . |