Example sentences of "[adj] as a [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is as careful as a chemist with her reproaches . |
| 2 | ‘ If you think I 'd dream of sharing so much as a blanket with you after that you 're crazy ! ’ |
| 3 | We entered a dining-room as dark as a cinema with a glistening figure at the head of the long table . |
| 4 | These are handsome , rusty brown birds with a remarkably amicable disposition for a bird of prey , though they can catch a rabbit or a bird as large as a heron with ease . |
| 5 | And she as pretty as a picture with roses in her cheeks and the green eyes of a fairy . ’ |
| 6 | Above all , she felt guilty that she had persuaded Bill , who looked as happy as a man with a toothache , to make an appearance . |
| 7 | I 'd be as happy as a dog with two dicks ! |
| 8 | As slim as a reed and as shy as a bird with the eyes of a gazelle , were all the aspects of beauty once described to me by the Youngest Son as most desirable in a woman . |
| 9 | A 2.25 cu m ( 500 gallon ) cesspool could fill up in as little as a week with a family of four living in the house ; a 18 cu m cesspool would last for at least a month and is the minimum size recommended . |
| 10 | He 's as short-sighted as a bat with its eyes shut , but with his goggles on he is a lousy attacker and without them a serious threat to our defence ! |