Example sentences of "was as [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had done sterling service already , and was as inert as a ship can well be — which is actually , as we have already speculated , not quite inert after all . |
| 2 | The Chaplain 's face was as round as a moon . |
| 3 | He showed me a little thing , the size of a hazelnut , in the palm of my hand , and it was as round as a ball . |
| 4 | We visited the outhouses , stables , smithies , brewing rooms , barns — slipping and slithering , though Rachel was as sure-footed as a cat . |
| 5 | At their £125,000 detached home at Cleveleys , Lancs , Gladys was as tight-lipped as a ventriloquist about the incident . |
| 6 | He thrust up two fingers in triumph at the driver , an old man who was as indifferent as a waxwork . |
| 7 | In terms of an apparently satisfactory way of explaining what goes on we are far less confident than in the good old days of AIDA — but at least we know that AIDA was as inadequate as a theory as her operatic namesake was ill-starred in love . |
| 8 | She was the tallest of the girls , and in some ways she was as strong as a man . |
| 9 | I used many of the ship 's ropes too , and in the end my fence was as strong as a stone wall . |
| 10 | The compulsion to get away , and not look back , was as strong as a hand on her shoulder urging her forward . |
| 11 | And now she was as strong as a cart horse , and he did n't give a damn . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And unlike the Krays and the Richardsons , Michael Ryan was as cunning as a fox . |
| 14 | The sense of disappointment was as sharp as a blow , painful out of all proportion , so much so that for a moment I was almost angry with him for not being there . |
| 15 | In fact he was as sharp as a man half his age . |
| 16 | Dan comments ‘ Paceley was as sharp as a tack and super dependable . |
| 17 | It was as dry as a bone , under a never-ending , roaring waterfall . |
| 18 | Her mouth was as dry as a bone , but she resisted , ignoring the can he proffered , and stared resolutely up at him . |
| 19 | The Bishop of Greathaven was as stately as a ship heaving landward . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The dark clouds had become more compact and although it was still only late morning , it was as dark as a gathering twilight . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | But , she was as nervous as a kitten because we were , we were in a one of these Canadian type er |
| 24 | By the time the Wyrmberg was in front of them , swinging wildly across the sky , the dragon was as real as a rock . |
| 25 | It was a large fire , the mantle above it the height of Riven 's shoulders , and it was as long as a bed . |
| 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 | A Swede was as Aryan as a German . |
| 28 | When the corpse floated past , it was as unremarkable as a branch drifting in the water , and once we had passed it , it stayed bobbing in the water as if tied to our stern . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | And anyone could see he was as simple as a child , just by the look of him . ’ |