Example sentences of "[adj] as an old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their skin was as wrinkled and brown as an old football and on their heads were perched steel air-raid helmets . |
| 2 | He avoided other Lake Tourists and yet , if caught , he would be as warm as an old friend . |
| 3 | It was as cold as an old grave . |
| 4 | Dikeledi , the tough woman , who smoked and swaggered and whose voice was as hoarse as an old man 's , turned tear-filled eyes on the white woman 's face . |
| 5 | Colonel Stok was as big as an old oak wardrobe . |
| 6 | Not so much a new as an old product note ! |