Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His breath smelt as rich as a wine press . |
| 2 | As inviting as a mountain pond faithfully reflecting the message of the sky . ’ |
| 3 | When the morning walk has been a hot , hard climb and all breathing has been in gasps , you can arrive at lunchtime with a mouth as dry as a salt mine . |
| 4 | as tall as a palm tree and perfectly black [ with ] one eye which flamed like a burning coal in the middle of his forehead . |
| 5 | Bodo stood up , as solid as a brick wall . |
| 6 | There seemed no real stamp of his personality anywhere , and it was very nearly as impersonal as a hotel room . |
| 7 | I used many of the ship 's ropes too , and in the end my fence was as strong as a stone wall . |
| 8 | And now she was as strong as a cart horse , and he did n't give a damn . |
| 9 | This obviously makes explicit what is generally true of performance indicators : that they are not usually generated from a systematic record ( and when they are , the system is not as reliable as a bookkeeping system can be ) . |
| 10 | I 've suggested the same myself but , compared to Bob Fitzsimmons , big Lennox is as British as a bacon sandwich . |
| 11 | Mondano was as deserted as a ghost town , wrapped in the silence of its siesta . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're as transparent as a plastic bag , ’ said Cassie , laughing at her . |
| 13 | as high as a kite radio , all |
| 14 | as high as a kite radio , all |
| 15 | It 's pretty unlikely that this session will ever see the light of day on Strange Fruit , as the label 's last Wah release ‘ The Mighty Wah ’ proved about as popular as a motorway scheme through Kew Gardens . |
| 16 | The Bingo of the housewife or pensioner certainly has its social value but if the relation-ship is addictive even this can become just as consuming as a Poker school or greyhound race . |
| 17 | Mum , dad and the three children were sitting round the fire , cracking nuts and watching TV and the atmosphere inside was as clear as a spring dawn — not a puff of smoke to be seen . |
| 18 | Wickham recognized the type : willing enough to help but he must be allowed to go back to his friends with the news that his information was so valuable he had been allowed to talk to the man heading the inquiry , and if he could throw in a description of a place as exciting as a newspaper office so much to his credit . |
| 19 | ‘ That water … as exciting as a sludge pit in a sewage works . ’ |
| 20 | The dark clouds had become more compact and although it was still only late morning , it was as dark as a gathering twilight . |
| 21 | His sports paper having mysteriously disappeared , the Duty Officer scratched furiously at a vast form , a flush , as ominous as a gathering storm began to show on Frau Nordern 's neck , and then the door of the office opened , the Sergeant came out , and behind him a stocky man in plain clothes , smoking a cigar , and blinking through bloodshot eyes , waved Frau Nordern forward . |
| 22 | Her face was as blank as a porcelain mask . |
| 23 | Yet his subsequent collapse from hero to villain has been as sudden as a Patriot missile strike . |
| 24 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
| 25 | This huge opening in the moor , as large as a tennis court , has been caused by a collapse of the surface coming to rest in a debris of fallen boulders twenty to thirty feet lower . |
| 26 | The likely profit for most individuals is likely to be as large as a percentage point or two in the wage settlement made by their unions , or offered by their employer . |
| 27 | The road gradually descends into kinder surroundings , the sight of trees being welcome after the barren crossing from Gruinard , and arrives at a car park as large as a football field , usually well patronised by cars and coaches and obviously indicating the presence of a major attraction . |
| 28 | I 'm as sick as a bit player in a Ben Elton script . |
| 29 | Their existence was as brief as a phosphor dot . ’ |
| 30 | His rich guest merely made a sound , unable clearly to articulate a word with his mouth as wadded as a feather pillow . |