Example sentences of "still as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were full of movement , the maids , but the strange girl was as still as a hunting cat , her fingers closed over the cheap pin and her eyes open now . |
| 2 | Gabriel was able to slide into it , head-first , over the edge of the platform , and lay curled up in the bottom , as still as a hedgehog in hibernation . |
| 3 | She stared at it for a moment , her body feeling frozen , her heart as still as a stone in her chest . |
| 4 | Every leaf and flower in the garden was as still as a painting and the air was expectant as though awaiting some marvellous event . |
| 5 | For many seconds he just stood where he was , as still as a man who has gazed into the eyes of the Medusa . |
| 6 | It is very tall and can sit as still as a statue . |
| 7 | The green cloak sank in folds round him , and he was as still as a statue . |
| 8 | She stood as still as a statue , watching his determined progress through the crush of people , while her heart somersaulted in anticipation . |
| 9 | Walking slowly into the ocean , which was as still as a mill-pond , she could n't help relishing the feel of the cool salty water on her heated flesh . |
| 10 | Perhaps it 's the furniture that would send a splinter into a man if he did n't sit as still as a rock . |
| 11 | Mansel 's left hand was upon him ; but though , I think , he would have licked it , the poor scrap never moved , but lay as still as an image , with his chin on his little paws and his eyes upon Mansel 's face . |