Example sentences of "[adj] as ice " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , global warming is likely to produce more precipitation over the icecaps , notably Antarctica 's , which would mean that water was being taken out of the oceans and stored as ice . |
| 2 | Her need of the steadying , mature containment of the Ryans is as clear as ice water , for there is much in her professional and personal past that has had to be relinquished . |
| 3 | I shivered for they were soulless , clear as ice . |
| 4 | Now I live in a painful planet , transparent as ice ; but it is as if I had learned everything in seconds … |
| 5 | Chips and mushy peas by the coast are as popular as ice cream and donkey rides . |
| 6 | On a continuum of complexity from the bottom of the structure to the top , where are the discontinuities that will allow us to identify layers of hierarchy that are distinct and separable , as different as ice is from water and water from steam ? |
| 7 | — Now you shall see , but take this by the way — He came home this Morning at his usual Hour of Four , waken 'd me out of a sweet Dream of something else , by tumbling over the Tea-table , which he broke all to pieces , after his Man and he had rowl 'd about the Room like sick Passengers in a Storm , he comes flounce into Bed , dead as a Salmon into a Fishmonger 's Basket ; his Feet cold as Ice , his Breath hot as a Furnace , and his hands and Face as greasy as his Flanel Night-cap. — O Matrimony ! |
| 8 | We talk of being ‘ cold as ice ’ , ‘ hot blooded ’ , ‘ cold blooded ’ , ‘ on fire ’ , and so on . |
| 9 | His mind went cold as ice . |
| 10 | ‘ What I want to know , ’ she said in a voice as cold as ice , ‘ is when do I cease to be your mistress and become your wife ? |
| 11 | The lemonade , cold as ice , in a deep earthenware jug with slices of lemon floating on top , was delicious . |
| 12 | ‘ Everything is cold to me — as cold as ice . ’ |
| 13 | She had been as light as a feather to carry and her small hands were as cold as ice . |
| 14 | From then on his manner towards me was as cold as ice , which caused me great pain . |
| 15 | He 's good and great , but as cold as ice . |
| 16 | She was as cold as ice . |
| 17 | But more than that it was the shock , a feeling that left his body as cold as ice , and sent these involuntary convulsions through him . |
| 18 | ‘ He wrote a book entitled The Nature of Things , ’ Athelstan continued , ‘ in which he described the planet Saturn as cold as ice , dark as night , and malignant as Satan . |
| 19 | She saw him clearly — arrogant as the devil and cold as ice , a ready-made adversary . |
| 20 | One minute you 're like fire in my arms , the next you 're as cold as ice . |
| 21 | He did not answer her immediately , just continued to watch her across the table , his blue eyes suddenly as cold as ice . |
| 22 | His voice was sharp and cold as ice as he plucked the cellular handset from its receptacle and held it out to her . |
| 23 | Athelstan touched Rastani 's hand which was as cold as ice . |
| 24 | And covered with sugar as sparkling as ice . |
| 25 | Blue eyes , as light and as frozen as ice , stared into hers before his glance moved slowly downwards , deliberately insulting . |
| 26 | Water erosion on bare , unvegetated landscapes was probably as powerful as ice erosion on our own temperate landscapes . |
| 27 | It was a very cold frosty night in December , and because the snow on the footpath was hard and uneven , and as slippery as ice , I walked along the edge of the road . |
| 28 | Simple Minds ' cool as ice licks |
| 29 | While Meyer continually grabbed drinks from the feeding station on the crown of the first bend , Tulu stayed as cool as ice . |
| 30 | The corpse lay white and pale as ice on a silk pillow . |