Example sentences of "be [adj] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My letter to your Honour of the fifth January last being writ before the great events that are upon us now , would lead your judgement astray as to our progress in these fair Isles , for mighty Saturn threw his sinister shadow heavy upon me at that juncture and many untoward and grievous events had combined to cloud my spirits that now are light as a summer breeze again . |
| 2 | And here you are free as a bird , for once , provided you come back to your cage in time . |
| 3 | ‘ Rubbish , you 're strong as a harse , I tell you ! ’ |
| 4 | The only other time they 're paid compensation for loss of earnings , is when they 're sick as a result of an injury received on duty , you know Fire Brigade duty . |
| 5 | You are pretty as a picture and we would not want you drawing attention to yourself , would we ! ’ |
| 6 | ( I am blind as a bat without and contact lenses are too expensive and who do you think you are , you should be studying . ) |
| 7 | We can legitimately ask to what extent such personal qualities are important as a source of power within the public sector . |
| 8 | Go on , Hepzibah , I 'm strong as a horse now and I could do with some air . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Up on the downs it would be dark as a velvet bag . |
| 11 | ‘ What , so you 'd be sick as a parrot if we went over the moon together ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sick as a parrot not to be standing , ’ said Nigel . |
| 13 | Our cells may be cold as a dip in the sea , but our hearts are still warm , thank God . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm stiff as a board and want to stretch my legs . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm dead as a door nail . |
| 16 | And them other doctors said I were n't to go back up London for no operation not till I was Al , else I 'd be dead as a herring . ’ |
| 17 | When I put you to bed you were high as a kite . ’ |
| 18 | His ears were sharp as a jackal 's and he could spot the tracks of a hippo from an extraordinary distance . |
| 19 | ‘ In Denmark we say that aquavit is strong as a Viking , fiery as a lover , cold as an iceberg and fresh as a virgin . |
| 20 | The box hedge is solid as a wall as far as the corner , but just round there it ends , and that short side is privet , and there 's a place in it where an old wicket 's been taken out , and the gap has n't grown in completely yet . |
| 21 | Wilson insisted on America 's right as a neutral to continue trading with Europe . |
| 22 | One , which asserts that to each s ε Z+ there corresponds k(s) ε Z+ such that each positive integer is expressible as a sum of at most k(s) positive integral sth powers , was first proved by Hilbert ( in 1909 ! ) . |
| 23 | He 's straight as a die . |
| 24 | And as often as you tell yourself she 's not your type , that you do n't like blondes , your taste tends towards the browns , even redheads but not blondes , no ; and what 's more , her face is round , but you do n't like round faces ; and you 've always gone in for a bit of shape and she 's flat as a pancake . |
| 25 | It 's plain as a pikestaff . |
| 26 | LITTLE is known of the interdecadal variability in the thermohaline circulation of the world 's oceans , yet such knowledge is essential as a background to studies of the effects of natural and anthropogenic climate change . |
| 27 | It 's nice as a Minister to be able to do this , to look after your own patch . ’ |
| 28 | It 's sharp as a razor , a real hunting knife , but if you keep the sheath on you can hold it a bit . |
| 29 | He is lean , hard , and his doggy brown eyes are bright as a terrier 's . |
| 30 | Beeney was solid as a rock , dealt with the back pass superbly , and only kicked ONE out of play the whole match . |