Example sentences of "he was as [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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1 | He was as cranky as a bad-tempered goat , always putting his head down and charging into things that annoyed him . |
2 | And anyone could see he was as simple as a child , just by the look of him . ’ |
3 | In fact he was as sharp as a man half his age . |
4 | To her relief , he was as caring as a perfect knight , as his hand moved erotically against the resilient walls of her distended orifice ; until she felt him pull it from her like a huge cork . |
5 | He was as good as a real daddy . |
6 | He still wore his hair in a pony-tail , complete with ribbon , and wore an ankh on a chain around his neck , but beneath the veneer of a harmless flower-child gone to seed he was as acquisitive as a bower-bird . |
7 | That he was as queer as a nine bob note . |
8 | They carted him like a scarecrow , his heels scoring the gravel , but he was as stubborn as a pig in a cart , he would never squeal without a hard prod ; Donald Stewart the blacksmith had to grip his wrist to make him sign the paper . |
9 | We rode him in a rubber snaffle with a cavesson noseband and provided you did not pull at him , he was as light as a feather . |
10 | We rode him in a rubber snaffle with a cavesson noseband and provided you did not pull at him , he was as light as a feather . ’ |
11 | During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy . |
12 | Said he was as stiff as a ramrod and would get nowhere , but he 's pretty hard on people anyway . |
13 | Whether because of the position she 'd made him adopt , or the bonds securing him , he was as stiff as a fence post . |
14 | They held each other soberly , and Anna noticed he was as thin as a ruler , all bone . |
15 | He was as white as a sheet . |
16 | ‘ Poor old soul , he was as mad as a hatter , ’ Otley said . |
17 | From what I can gather he was as mad as a hatter , and really no good at all . |
18 | He was as fake as a nine-pound piece . |