Example sentences of "[adj] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 2 | The giggling subsided and Geoff came in , meek as a lamb . |
| 3 | As glossy as a fashion-plate , Karl jumped up , grasped Herr Nordern 's hand , and beamed into his face . |
| 4 | Always an example of devotion to duty , and as unflinching as a hero in a book . |
| 5 | ‘ In Denmark we say that aquavit is strong as a Viking , fiery as a lover , cold as an iceberg and fresh as a virgin . |
| 6 | That was solved by the delicious Jane Birbeck , a girl as pretty and as fresh as a primrose . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm as fresh as a daisy , ’ he declared brightly . |
| 8 | I was given the opportunity to have a rehearsal with him but I declined because I am not like the professionals who can rehearse in detail and then put it over as fresh as a daisy when the time comes . |
| 9 | In the nick of time , fresh as a daisy despite the punishing schedule , he arrives , the gear is set up , and I 'm on . |
| 10 | Whichever room you choose , you can make it feel as fresh as a coat of fresh paint — with a coat of paint . |
| 11 | It 's not that the jokes are not funny , but just that they are about as fresh as a tin of those pineapple chunks . |
| 12 | Conversation at table is as superfluous as a sermon in church ; all is still but for the ping of the latest microwave masterpiece . |
| 13 | Wickham recognized the type : willing enough to help but he must be allowed to go back to his friends with the news that his information was so valuable he had been allowed to talk to the man heading the inquiry , and if he could throw in a description of a place as exciting as a newspaper office so much to his credit . |
| 14 | I 've brought out a pack of cards , but when you know you 've got them only to while away the hours , they are as exciting as a stack of washing up . |
| 15 | ‘ That water … as exciting as a sludge pit in a sewage works . ’ |
| 16 | This obviously makes explicit what is generally true of performance indicators : that they are not usually generated from a systematic record ( and when they are , the system is not as reliable as a bookkeeping system can be ) . |
| 17 | Philippa , whose face was normally as radiant and untroubled as a child 's , had not stopped frowning since Lee had started talking to her that afternoon and it annoyed Conrad to see it . |
| 18 | Mondano was as deserted as a ghost town , wrapped in the silence of its siesta . |
| 19 | He 's good , he 's brilliant , and he 's probably as sound as a bell . |
| 20 | It was hot and sunny and the sea was as calm as a lake . |
| 21 | The punt sailed out across a stretch of the cistern which was as calm as a pond . |
| 22 | The bell-lamp in the passage looked as clear as a soap-bubble ; you could see yourself in all the tables , and French-polish yourself on any one of the chairs . |
| 23 | He had it then , as clear as a map of a well-charted route unfolded on the captain 's table , what lay in store for him and for the settlement ; though the islanders had not burned wet leaves and swelled white smoke into a pillar of cloud to issue a warning , the signal might as well have been as clear . |
| 24 | The term ‘ consultation ’ is often used inaccurately ; we should be clear as a union , but also CA as an organisation , as to what we mean by it . |
| 25 | Mum , dad and the three children were sitting round the fire , cracking nuts and watching TV and the atmosphere inside was as clear as a spring dawn — not a puff of smoke to be seen . |
| 26 | That was clear as a succession of batsmen joined Gooch in the ignominy of having their stumps knocked over . |
| 27 | After morning service , when the last of the footsteps , and voices exchanging greetings , had died away , she heard the vicar ride off , the clip-clop of the horse 's hooves as clear as a bell on the cold air . |
| 28 | The whole scene to my informant was as clear as a bell , but on reflection it would seem as if it was part of an earlier railway system . |
| 29 | But then one small voice spoke up , clear as a bell ringing in the quiet air . |
| 30 | ‘ Another told me he had a dream , there was a fountain and it had a name , clear as a bell in his dream : Jouvence . |