Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I put you to bed you were high as a kite . ’ |
| 2 | His ears were sharp as a jackal 's and he could spot the tracks of a hippo from an extraordinary distance . |
| 3 | Beeney was solid as a rock , dealt with the back pass superbly , and only kicked ONE out of play the whole match . |
| 4 | The man 's heart , even in captivity , was light as a bird . |
| 5 | That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about ! |
| 6 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 7 | That was clear as a succession of batsmen joined Gooch in the ignominy of having their stumps knocked over . |
| 8 | As I placed them in the water , the bone-china cups and saucers became first glass then nothing ; the water was cold as a glacier . |
| 9 | They ended up laughing about that , but it was the uneasy laughter of desperation and displacement , and all they could do after that was finish the whisky and have the joint Rory had been working on , and it was almost a relief when Fergus was sick as a dog out of the window , hanging out barfing onto the slates and into the guttering while Rory tried to clean the plaster off the top bunk and stowed the guns out of harm 's way . |
| 10 | Yer was pretty as a picture an' I said ter meself straight away , ‘ Fred ’ , I ses , ‘ this 'ere little lady is gon na be good fer yer business . ’ |
| 11 | She was aware of her body , realising that it was taut as a lute string with anticipation . |
| 12 | There we were , messing around with his things , and all the time he was dead as a doornail in Paris . |