Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lately he 's been as touchy as a bitch on heat . |
| 2 | The compulsion to get away , and not look back , was as strong as a hand on her shoulder urging her forward . |
| 3 | After morning service , when the last of the footsteps , and voices exchanging greetings , had died away , she heard the vicar ride off , the clip-clop of the horse 's hooves as clear as a bell on the cold air . |
| 4 | The big wooden table had been scrubbed as white as a bone on the seashore . |
| 5 | He had been a cheerful fellow in those days and life was as inconsequential as a laugh on the wind or the carelessly squandered words of a song . |
| 6 | Levy 's voice is as rough as a shag on the floor of a sandpaper factory , the lyric is utterly ridiculous , describing the popularity and stylishness of a certain fashionable item , and the soprano sax added to that tender little guitar lick from the Arrested Development record just upsets your soul . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Yet , as she watched him , perched as lithe as a cat on the prow , leaning back out over the waves to balance the little craft , his splendid chest scattered with little beads of water , Ronni was aware that she did n't really mean it . |
| 9 | And then he 'd lock the doors to the reception block , and he 'd retire to his back room and make himself as small as a child on his bunk in the corner . |
| 10 | Here a Kalashnikov in the back is as common as a delay on the Northern Line . |
| 11 | Katherine had been as excited as a child on Christmas morning . |
| 12 | The blonde girl lay as motionless as a corpse on the ground , a thread of blood ribboning her temple . |
| 13 | Shreeves said : ‘ Gary could be as bright as a button on Monday , but I felt we had to let Graham Taylor know . ’ |
| 14 | The same applies to Scrash , although they 're about as glamorous as a donkey on Skegness beach and marginally less attractive . |
| 15 | Thirteen years of Tory misrule have left the Right 's matrimonial affairs looking about as secure as a drunk on a unicycle . |
| 16 | We once had a horse who was as quiet as a lamb on the lunge and worked very well , but the moment he was ridden , he became very tense , grinding his teeth and constantly trying to run away . |