Example sentences of "still as [adj] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was still as gloomy as the day on which she had first seen it and she longed to transform it into a place of splendid elegance . |
| 2 | He switched off the lights and opened the curtains ; the night was still as black as a stone . |
| 3 | The images were still as clear as the rain that had fallen so dispiritedly on the mourners as they stood at one side of the grave while the rector had intoned the fateful words . |
| 4 | ‘ I can go on for another three or four years yet because I 'm still as fit as a fiddle , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Her own feelings swung so violently between attraction and a very real fear and hate of what he 'd forced her to do that she was still as prickly as a porcupine in his presence , unless they were talking about work . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , you are still as slim as a reed — coltish , I believe your father used to say — you still have the same intriguing green eyes and those slanting eyebrows … ’ |
| 7 | He once went five and a half years unbeaten and he is still as modest as a mouse . |
| 8 | Seven weeks had elapsed , and her self-inflicted wounds were still as raw as the day that she 'd left . |
| 9 | I 'm still as randy as an adolescent |