Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] ice " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chips and mushy peas by the coast are as popular as ice cream and donkey rides . |
| 2 | On a continuum of complexity from the bottom of the structure to the top , where are the discontinuities that will allow us to identify layers of hierarchy that are distinct and separable , as different as ice is from water and water from steam ? |
| 3 | Her need of the steadying , mature containment of the Ryans is as clear as ice water , for there is much in her professional and personal past that has had to be relinquished . |
| 4 | ‘ What I want to know , ’ she said in a voice as cold as ice , ‘ is when do I cease to be your mistress and become your wife ? |
| 5 | ‘ Everything is cold to me — as cold as ice . ’ |
| 6 | She had been as light as a feather to carry and her small hands were as cold as ice . |
| 7 | From then on his manner towards me was as cold as ice , which caused me great pain . |
| 8 | He 's good and great , but as cold as ice . |
| 9 | She was as cold as ice . |
| 10 | But more than that it was the shock , a feeling that left his body as cold as ice , and sent these involuntary convulsions through him . |
| 11 | ‘ He wrote a book entitled The Nature of Things , ’ Athelstan continued , ‘ in which he described the planet Saturn as cold as ice , dark as night , and malignant as Satan . |
| 12 | One minute you 're like fire in my arms , the next you 're as cold as ice . |
| 13 | He did not answer her immediately , just continued to watch her across the table , his blue eyes suddenly as cold as ice . |
| 14 | Athelstan touched Rastani 's hand which was as cold as ice . |
| 15 | And covered with sugar as sparkling as ice . |
| 16 | Blue eyes , as light and as frozen as ice , stared into hers before his glance moved slowly downwards , deliberately insulting . |
| 17 | It was a very cold frosty night in December , and because the snow on the footpath was hard and uneven , and as slippery as ice , I walked along the edge of the road . |
| 18 | Water erosion on bare , unvegetated landscapes was probably as powerful as ice erosion on our own temperate landscapes . |
| 19 | While Meyer continually grabbed drinks from the feeding station on the crown of the first bend , Tulu stayed as cool as ice . |