Example sentences of "be as [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if you 're as good as a master they still wo n't give you the top black |
| 2 | I know they 're as good as a house almost . |
| 3 | You 're as snug as a bug in a rug here , Myles . |
| 4 | In some areas you 're as blinkered as a donkey . |
| 5 | You 've the body of an angel holding out the lure of forbidden fruit , yet you 're as insubstantial as a nymph who flits through the mountain streams . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not surprised , ’ Travis put in casually , ‘ you 're as tense as a bow-string . ’ |
| 7 | Nigel muttered , ‘ You 're as blind as a bat , ’ as he went out . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're as bossy as a copper , you are , ’ said Dolly . |
| 9 | You 're as pale as a nun . |
| 10 | You 're as transparent as a crépe de chine nightie . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're as transparent as a plastic bag , ’ said Cassie , laughing at her . |
| 12 | Well you 're either sort of scraping off the ceiling cos you 're as high as a kite |
| 13 | You 're as light as a feather . |
| 14 | ‘ OK , ugly duckling , take all the time you need , but I insist on force-feeding you that sangría before we leave : you 're as uptight as a barnacle on a boat 's bum . ’ |
| 15 | What about a log , we 're as quiet as a log ? |
| 16 | ‘ You 're as white as a sheet and you 're shaking . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're as white as a sheet , ’ he returned implacably . |
| 18 | You 're as white as a sheet . ’ |
| 19 | aye , he 's been as dry as a bone |
| 20 | Lately he 's been as touchy as a bitch on heat . |
| 21 | For two seasons , against Five Nations and World Cup opposition , the Irish scrum has been as solid as a rock . |
| 22 | We do not know how long he stayed in Paris — it could have been as long as a decade . |
| 23 | All at once one of the birds — it seemed enormous to the child , but may well have been as small as a sparrow — flew into the air and fluttered past the pushchair , its wings actually brushing the little girl 's face . |
| 24 | In his absence she 'd been as nervy as a wildcat , jumping a mile every time someone spoke to her or touched her on the shoulder , expecting him to turn up out of the blue as he 'd made a habit of doing . |
| 25 | Her hands had been as steady as a rock until David mentioned Donna 's birth , and Juliet 's on the same day , and Thorn House — |
| 26 | On the other hand , I 've been as happy as a turkey in January , and all because of a story I spotted in a medical magazine , stating that regular lashings of oily fish cut sharply your chances of having a heart attack . |
| 27 | The rush-hour traffic in the city centre had been as thick as a plate of home-made porridge ! |
| 28 | I am always in my very best spirits , for my heart has been as light as a feather ever since I got away from all that humbug ; and , what is more , I have become fatter . |
| 29 | She had been as light as a feather to carry and her small hands were as cold as ice . |
| 30 | Yet his subsequent collapse from hero to villain has been as sudden as a Patriot missile strike . |