Example sentences of "[adj] as [art] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are all stereo originals and sound as fresh as the day they were made . |
| 2 | I 've played back-to-back rugby for four years now and I feel as fresh as the day that I started . |
| 3 | Their colours and patterns seemed as fresh as the day they were made and she was amazed at their richness compared with the wartime materials she was used to . |
| 4 | Virgin hopes a day in the cockpit will become as popular as a day at the races for company gatherings . |
| 5 | Seven weeks had elapsed , and her self-inflicted wounds were still as raw as the day that she 'd left . |
| 6 | She 's the complete opposite to me , Sir Edmund , honest as the day is long . ’ |
| 7 | The other problem was the insider dealing charge against , the firm 's highly regarded Scottish companies analyst whom even his rivals regarded as being as honest as the day is long . |
| 8 | as ordinary as every day . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He is as you know , 67 , but I have never been amongst those who thought that he was growing old and tired … he is , I think , just as fit as the day when I first saw him in July 1946 . |
| 11 | That prospect looked increasingly likely as the day wore out its brief existence . |
| 12 | The vinyl may harden and crack after 10 to 15 years , but until then the bed will be just as comfortable as the day you bought it . |
| 13 | There 's plenty of detail in the smaller pictures of the humans , too , and the book as a whole adds up to a great experience for a child — almost as good as a day out at the zoo ! ( 2–5 ) |
| 14 | I treasure the photographs I took of Jack , and following its refurbishment the instrument sounds as good as the day he fashioned it all those years ago — a credit to the man and fitting epitaph to his expertise . |
| 15 | A trail of suds as long as a day 's walk |
| 16 | For you must know that I had a twin brother , as beautiful as the day , and gentle as a fawn , and wholesome as new bread and butter , whose company pleased me so much , as mine also pleased him , that we swore an oath never to marry but to live forever peacefully in the castle , and hunt and play together the livelong day . |
| 17 | Beautiful as the day . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I have a question , ’ whispered the penguin , feeling as small as the day she 'd first slid into the waves . |
| 19 | The justification for such bare-faced cheek is in the recorded sound , which even the most jaundiced critic would have to admit is strikingly vivid for its age , the piano sound clear and articulate , and the orchestral detail as immediate as the day it was recorded — perhaps even more so — with just a tiny hint of brassiness and a slight shortfall of orchestral power to give the game away . |
| 20 | That 's absolute crap , he was so he was as sober as the day comes I can tell you and it was just a joke . |
| 21 | All in all , Bobby Robson must have found it about as fruitful as a day trying to get in touch with Brian Clough . |
| 22 | The riding apart , he could have faced it more sensibly , but with the fear of failing there and the strange , intangible instinct he felt that he was altogether on foreign territory attempting the business at all , he felt more and more miserable as the day approached . |
| 23 | Jack 's round was not as vivid as the day before . |