Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 32 | And anyone could see he was as simple as a child , just by the look of him . ’ |
| 33 | A typewriter was as individual as a fingerprint , or a set of teeth , or a gun barrel scoring a bullet . |
| 34 | Bernie 's indiarubber face was as guileless as a child 's . |
| 35 | Ruth was as agile as a dolphin in the water and she was away from him before he had a chance to stop her . |
| 36 | He explained : ‘ I worked with Yanks in the war and every one of them was as daft as a brush . |
| 37 | His tone was as icy as a glacier . |
| 38 | With the upstart Parsons that margin was as wide as a motorway , of course , but even Thomas Carter , Nature 's gentleman , could n't help getting it ever so slightly wrong , in his case by bending over backwards to minimize his achievements and rubbish his accomplishments in order to spare you the painful comparison with your own lacklustre status . |
| 39 | It was as wide as a bus . |
| 40 | Her back was as straight as a ramrod , which made her feel a little more dignified while engaging in what she considered the unladylike art of cycling . |
| 41 | ‘ She was as straight as a die and a pillar of the community . |
| 42 | Carew , writing at the beginning of the seventeenth century , had then thought four hours underground was as much as a tin miner could endure , but six- or eight-hour shifts overwhelmingly predominated by the eighteenth century . |
| 43 | For someone over seventy her descent of that great staircase was as good as a frolic ; her satchel swung wildly round merrily bumping her large bottom , her sensible suede shoes skippetty-hopped like the finest quality glass slippers , while her honest tweed skirt flirted up her legs in order to give her long beige knickers their first sight of the sunshine in quarter of a century . |
| 44 | And then laughing , he looked at her and said , ‘ That was as good as a play . ’ |
| 45 | The funeral service was nothing at all in the way of a ceremony , because Harry refused to allow his family to attend , let alone contribute to the cost , and Martha was as good as a pauper . |
| 46 | A nod was as good as a wink . |
| 47 | It was as good as a caress and Violet could only squirm . |
| 48 | It was as good as a holiday . |
| 49 | He had not deliberately marked it but to his eyes the pattern of tiny scratches on the handle was as good as a signature . |
| 50 | The boy was as good as a murderer . |
| 51 | It was as good as a ballet to watch Finn eat but Francie mopped gravy with bread and chewed bones from his fingers . |
| 52 | As a result Leroy was as loyal as a hound dog and had undertaken to ‘ look after ’ Sir Ralph at election campaigns . |
| 53 | Peter was as steady as a rock , keeping the ball on the fairway and hitting nearly every green in regulation . |
| 54 | To give Perdita confidence in her first chukka , he 'd put her on a dark brown pony called Chimango ( which meant bird of prey ) , who was as steady as a rock , but who swept down on the ball like a hawk . |
| 55 | Her voice was as steady as a rock and she met his silvery-green eyes without flinching . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | During contests he was as jumpy as a schoolgirl and gave off a static charge of nervous energy . |
| 58 | It was as big as a settee but it was dead quiet . |
| 59 | The entrance hall of the hotel was as big as a railway station itself . |
| 60 | They held each other soberly , and Anna noticed he was as thin as a ruler , all bone . |