Example sentences of "he was as [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
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 .

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