Example sentences of "still as [adj] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He switched off the lights and opened the curtains ; the night was still as black as a stone . |
| 2 | ‘ I can go on for another three or four years yet because I 'm still as fit as a fiddle , ’ he said . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 5 | He once went five and a half years unbeaten and he is still as modest as a mouse . |