Example sentences of "as [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's even better money than you could earn in high season , so it is , but of course your father is n't Sir Thomas Bloody Breakspear and as rich as a pig in shit , so you need the money , while his Holiness here does n't . |
| 2 | His breath smelt as rich as a wine press . |
| 3 | Plus they rely far too heavily on Chad Gracey 's bionic drumming to get them noticed , the tinny snare effect soon becoming as annoying as a catfight underneath your window at 3.00am . |
| 4 | The haul up from there to the top of the highest bank was several hundred feet of deep heather , pollen-dusty and honey-scented , but as friendly as a hedgehog for a flea . |
| 5 | In some areas you 're as blinkered as a donkey . |
| 6 | Ruth was as agile as a dolphin in the water and she was away from him before he had a chance to stop her . |
| 7 | As the little girl clambered up , as agile as a monkey , Shiona started to pull her own pyjamas from the bag . |
| 8 | Its principal hall , which still stands , is as long and as narrow as a ship , with delicately carved kiosks and balconies projecting out over the lake . |
| 9 | As they came up into the May morning he hopped over the ditch and skipped into the long grass as blithe as a squirrel . |
| 10 | Then , suddenly and unexpectedly , the path emerges from the gloom of the gorge into an open amphitheatre , a green strath as pleasant as a meadow , the river now meandering gently across it . |
| 11 | The continual passage from one to the other was initially as refreshing as a succession of hot and cold showers , and ultimately as enervating . |
| 12 | As inviting as a mountain pond faithfully reflecting the message of the sky . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She 's as weak as a kitten . |
| 15 | He felt as weak as a kitten , but the fever and nausea were gone . |
| 16 | The attempt to revive Monaghan Day was a gesture as weak as a couple who marry in order to try to retrieve a lost relationship , the mind having changed the hard actual fact into what was comfortable to feel . |
| 17 | You may remember that Samson was a man of enormous strength and then , following a liaison with Delila and her cutting off his hair , he was reported to have become as weak as a child — and yet there was an occasion , which led to his death , when he brought the whole temple down by pulling the pillars against which he was propped . |
| 18 | ‘ If I could have a few minutes — let's say half an hour — to think it over and make some notes , I daresay we 'll be as right as a snail 's whisker . ’ |
| 19 | I saw her an hour since and she were as right as a bobbin . " |
| 20 | France is a country which has grave doubts about its moral fibre ; it sees its national character as being as permeable as a colander . |
| 21 | Lately he 's been as touchy as a bitch on heat . |
| 22 | It 's as lazy as a cat in hot weather , with the lyric amounting to a mere two verses before the vocals just sit down to let the languid groove take over . |
| 23 | It was as dry as a bone , under a never-ending , roaring waterfall . |
| 24 | Her mouth felt as dry as a bone and her eyes were closed against the intrusive light . |
| 25 | Her mouth was as dry as a bone , but she resisted , ignoring the can he proffered , and stared resolutely up at him . |
| 26 | aye , he 's been as dry as a bone |
| 27 | When the morning walk has been a hot , hard climb and all breathing has been in gasps , you can arrive at lunchtime with a mouth as dry as a salt mine . |
| 28 | In fact , a man 's skin can be just as dry as a woman 's . |
| 29 | It seemed an arid mountain , as dry as a chalk down in Sussex . |
| 30 | A Swede was as Aryan as a German . |