Example sentences of "quiet as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I listen at the wall for sounds from Jancey , but it 's as quiet as a pillow , and she 's obviously gone to bed . |
| 2 | He is most relaxed when he is in the converted barn in Devon that is now his painting studio ; it is stone-floored and filled with light and quiet as a church . |
| 3 | Fielding said it was a mob joint and I believed him : brocade , matt light , as quiet as a church . |
| 4 | She lifted the heavy latch-like fastening of the oven door and took one tiny , golden scone from a shelf-full before she shut the door again , her hand as quiet as a cat 's footfall . |
| 5 | What about a log , we 're as quiet as a log ? |
| 6 | The house was as quiet as a tomb , and twice as dark . |
| 7 | He 's asleep at the moment , as quiet as a baby . ’ |
| 8 | In fact she was as quiet as a mouse and Ruth hardly knew she was there . |
| 9 | ‘ Quiet as a mouse . ’ |
| 10 | And then he gave orders to Punch for tea to be prepared and they had a terrible time finding any china that was n't cracked or broken and then she went on working in the pantry as quiet as a mouse and she could hear you both talking as clear as clear . |
| 11 | As soon as she was in the sack , she was as quiet as a lamb . |
| 12 | We once had a horse who was as quiet as a lamb on the lunge and worked very well , but the moment he was ridden , he became very tense , grinding his teeth and constantly trying to run away . |
| 13 | With the nervous worry comes the loneliness : ‘ The house is quiet as the grave ’ , and the fear of the future : ‘ Though we have registered we are told at the American consulate it may last [ take ] years until we get the possibility of emigrating , the quota being overcharged . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Quiet as the grave , ’ said Bodie , ignoring the repetitive barking of a dog , somewhere . |
| 15 | Monteith 's deep voice came back at him from the hand set , ‘ Quiet as the grave , three seven . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ There 's nice to see you back , it 's quiet as the grave in by here on my own . ’ |
| 17 | But inside the house everything was as quiet as the grave . |
| 18 | Lamps were burning inside the Swan Inn , but any drinkers still there were quiet as the trio made their way along the winding lane through the village . |
| 19 | By 2300 hours all is quiet as the majority of the unit prepares for bed . |
| 20 | However , although the first part is quiet , the quietness is deadly — it is the still of a battlefield after a battle — the sort of picture you have is one of a film of war where the previous scene has been fast , tense and confusing with loud , dramatic music and scenes of battle and suddenly everything becomes quiet as the camera moves slowly over a battle field strewn with bodies — this is the sort of stillness of these lines — the stillness of death . |
| 21 | I have been dead for a long time and by day I circle the huge air above the hills and by night I sleep in the quiet rock , as quiet as the rock , and the little worms mean consolation as they eat me . |
| 22 | It 's small , quick ( a touch faster than the BJ-200 ) , as quiet as an inkjet can be , and fairly cheap . |