Example sentences of "quiet as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Quiet as the grave , ’ said Bodie , ignoring the repetitive barking of a dog , somewhere . |
| 3 | Monteith 's deep voice came back at him from the hand set , ‘ Quiet as the grave , three seven . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ There 's nice to see you back , it 's quiet as the grave in by here on my own . ’ |
| 5 | But inside the house everything was as quiet as the grave . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | By 2300 hours all is quiet as the majority of the unit prepares for bed . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |