By the time the guests arrived, the kitchen was right as ninepence and everything smelled wonderful.

At the festival, the ceremonial drums were beaten as one, their synchronized pulses echoing through the valley.

By the time we found the phone, the battery was dead as a kipper.

I told him the restaurant would be busy, and sure as sugar, there was a line out the door.

No matter how many times he wound it, try as one might, the clock still ran five minutes fast.

She will arrive at the appointed hour, sure as fate.

She was happy as a box of birds when her painting sold at the gallery.

She brought snacks aswell as drinks to the picnic.

The team, beating as one, executed the play flawlessly.

Her heart beats as one with the drummer throughout the parade.