Example sentences of "thick as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It looks like something a navvy might use to dig roads up — thin , hollow metal tube , about as thick as a size 10 knitting needle , with a gimlet-like plunger .
2 I throw the rind , as thick as a pencil , in the direction of the vervet monkeys , but they show no understanding of my offer .
3 Gold bracelets , each as thick as a child 's wrist , if their hair was blonde ; amber , ebony , ivory , white gold , amethysts …
4 There are places roped with cablecoil guts as thick as a man , as fine as a whisker ; a rumbling kingdom .
5 It grows to a metre and a half in length and as thick as a man 's arm .
6 He bore a line of cramp across his shoulders , thick as a yoke .
7 His penis was as thick as a chair leg and measured something in the region of seven inches in a flaccid state .
8 Here , with his little moustache , each hair as thick as a fishing line , and his noble , gelid face , he counts for something .
9 According to his prophecies , the king of the twelfth generation after John will be the Mouldwarp , a hairy man whose skin will be as thick as a goat 's .
10 This generation fed on the advertisement-ridden local paper , thick as a book , which was tossed daily onto their front yards .
11 Her information came from a huge list — as thick as a book — published free by the Department of the Environment , which gave details of old and interesting properties ( including lighthouses , watch towers and windmills ) throughout England .
12 The rush-hour traffic in the city centre had been as thick as a plate of home-made porridge !
13 No matter that their French or German accents were as thick as a slice of sushi .
14 The silence crept around them , as thick as the darkness .
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