Example sentences of "[adj] as a [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about ! |
| 3 | All next day she called and she hunted , but no trace of her baby could she discover , not so much as a footprint on the sand . |
| 4 | For there grow no Trees , no not so much as a Shrub on St. Kilda ’ . |
| 5 | They had n't been hurt , not so much as a graze on them , yet when the all-clear sounded , they came out of their buildings and stood on their street with blank eyes that seemed to stare inwards . |
| 6 | There is no attempt to weight the votes — a vote on whether the marigold should be the national flower counts as much as a vote on an arms limitation treaty . |
| 7 | The big wooden table had been scrubbed as white as a bone on the seashore . |
| 8 | He had been a cheerful fellow in those days and life was as inconsequential as a laugh on the wind or the carelessly squandered words of a song . |
| 9 | Levy 's voice is as rough as a shag on the floor of a sandpaper factory , the lyric is utterly ridiculous , describing the popularity and stylishness of a certain fashionable item , and the soprano sax added to that tender little guitar lick from the Arrested Development record just upsets your soul . |
| 10 | ‘ OK , ugly duckling , take all the time you need , but I insist on force-feeding you that sangría before we leave : you 're as uptight as a barnacle on a boat 's bum . ’ |
| 11 | And then he 'd lock the doors to the reception block , and he 'd retire to his back room and make himself as small as a child on his bunk in the corner . |
| 12 | Yet , as she watched him , perched as lithe as a cat on the prow , leaning back out over the waves to balance the little craft , his splendid chest scattered with little beads of water , Ronni was aware that she did n't really mean it . |
| 13 | Here a Kalashnikov in the back is as common as a delay on the Northern Line . |
| 14 | Katherine had been as excited as a child on Christmas morning . |
| 15 | a tin of beans in the south will cost the same as a tin on beans in the north . |
| 16 | The blonde girl lay as motionless as a corpse on the ground , a thread of blood ribboning her temple . |
| 17 | From the back of the hummock a figure appeared and began moving unhurriedly up the hill on an irregular route , at times coming obliquely towards the Friar , and then abruptly changing direction and seeming to go away from him : thus tacking and weaving the man was as inconspicuous as a partridge on ploughland , so that if the Friar turned his eyes from him for a moment he was difficult to rediscover , so perfectly did he merge with the duns , browns , russets , and half-greens of the wood . |
| 18 | She was as tongue-tied and gauche as a schoolgirl on a first date . |
| 19 | The compulsion to get away , and not look back , was as strong as a hand on her shoulder urging her forward . |
| 20 | Lately he 's been as touchy as a bitch on heat . |
| 21 | The same applies to Scrash , although they 're about as glamorous as a donkey on Skegness beach and marginally less attractive . |
| 22 | We once had a horse who was as quiet as a lamb on the lunge and worked very well , but the moment he was ridden , he became very tense , grinding his teeth and constantly trying to run away . |
| 23 | Shreeves said : ‘ Gary could be as bright as a button on Monday , but I felt we had to let Graham Taylor know . ’ |
| 24 | Thirteen years of Tory misrule have left the Right 's matrimonial affairs looking about as secure as a drunk on a unicycle . |