Example sentences of "be [adj] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Up on the downs it would be dark as a velvet bag . |
| 3 | ‘ What , so you 'd be sick as a parrot if we went over the moon together ? ’ |
| 4 | Our cells may be cold as a dip in the sea , but our hearts are still warm , thank God . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |