Example sentences of "she was as [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was the tallest of the girls , and in some ways she was as strong as a man . |
| 2 | And now she was as strong as a cart horse , and he did n't give a damn . |
| 3 | She was as strong as a little horse . |
| 4 | But , she was as nervous as a kitten because we were , we were in a one of these Canadian type er |
| 5 | ‘ She was as straight as a die and a pillar of the community . |
| 6 | When Aunt Tossie gave , or spent , she was as exuberant as a child , tossing a ball into the air . |
| 7 | In fact she was as quiet as a mouse and Ruth hardly knew she was there . |
| 8 | As soon as she was in the sack , she was as quiet as a lamb . |
| 9 | Wearing Havvie 's ring , a diamond heirloom given to all Blaine brides , laughing , talking and playing with him as the London season began , Sally-Anne persuaded herself that she was as happy as a girl could be , Terry Rourke 's betrayal wiped out and forgotten . |
| 10 | She was as bright as a button . |
| 11 | When she was examined , she did indeed have a nasty attack of herpes , but the doctor who looked at her noticed that she was as brown as a berry . |
| 12 | She was as tense as a cat stalking a bird . |
| 13 | She was as white as a ghost , and her eyes were shadowed as if she had n't slept properly for weeks . |