Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mouth felt as dry as a bone and her eyes were closed against the intrusive light . |
| 2 | T. Rex was a terrible-looking carnivore , some 15 metres long and 5 metres high , as tall as a giraffe and weighing over 8 tons fully grown . |
| 3 | But I really like the bass ; it feels as solid as a rock and represents a more worthwhile investment for not a lot more money . |
| 4 | As solid as a rock and a very tough competitor , Clohessy would have been a perfect choice , particularly after going through the pre-Tour fitness regime . |
| 5 | A virus is as impersonal as a bullet or a shell . |
| 6 | She was wearing jeans but her top was a rather tight yellow T-shirt and she felt as gauche as a schoolgirl and very vulnerable . |
| 7 | This trowel is every bit as strong as a knife or bayonet , and will easily prize up any large stones ( I have done this often , even in rock-hard clay ) . |
| 8 | George was a quick thinker so always did the introducing and all of the talking , but George did not talk about himself — he told of how Lennie was as strong as a bull and how he could buck barley all day . |
| 9 | The stone flew in the air across the surface of the water , skimming as free as a bird but only because it bounced on that surface every now and then and refused to sink at the first contact . |
| 10 | ‘ A horse and a cart that stands as high as a house and cost the best part of thirty pounds and you lost them both ? ’ |
| 11 | I 'm as high as a kite and there 's no champagne in the orange juice . ’ |
| 12 | The sweater was as light as a puff and as smooth as a bird to touch . |
| 13 | And , after being out in the sunshine with the children most of the day , she 'd lost her pale , city complexion , becoming as brown as a berry and looking much younger . |
| 14 | As slim as a reed and as shy as a bird with the eyes of a gazelle , were all the aspects of beauty once described to me by the Youngest Son as most desirable in a woman . |
| 15 | During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy . |
| 16 | It just shows how much people take for granted in contemporary society where kissing has become as ordinary as a handshake and the media are constantly giving us the message that sex is only exciting if it is different or forbidden . |
| 17 | When Mr Wormwood arrived back from the garage that evening his face was as dark as a thunder-cloud and somebody was clearly for the high-jump pretty soon . |
| 18 | ‘ She was as straight as a die and a pillar of the community . |
| 19 | His back was also as straight as a ramrod and his highly polished black gaiters had flashed in the sun . |
| 20 | Francesca was as pretty as a picture and apparently glowing with health . |
| 21 | The cook came up the side as quick as a monkey and saw what we were doing . |
| 22 | He went as white as a sheet and backed off immediately . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're as white as a sheet and you 're shaking . |
| 24 | My hand was as large as a football and throbbed with a pain that extended to the shoulder blade . |
| 25 | She curled up in the leather sofa that looked as comfortable as a bed and waved Zen into a matching armchair opposite . |
| 26 | In one boot was thrust a riding crop , unusual in that it was as long as a spear and tipped with tiny steel barbs . |
| 27 | And then I want my shaft to be as long as a furlong and time to stand still and my tongue to be dipped in honey . |
| 28 | That being so , suppose we have another member of staff who is equally as effective as a teacher but who does not work up the lecture notes in the same way : could we not say that his or her teaching is integrated with research to the same degree ? |
| 29 | It was as good as a caress and Violet could only squirm . |
| 30 | She had a hooked , perpetually dripping nose , skin as rough as a sack and bleary , bloodshot eyes . |