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Abbey Road ( The Beatles album )
As nervous as a whore in
church
As poor as a
church
mouse
Beat a hasty
retreat
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Beat the
retreat
Because life's complicated enough ( Abbey National advertising slogan )
Body
building
Brendan the Navigator ( Nickname of Irish
monk
Brendan )
Building
castles in the air
Cathedral
of Santiago de Compostela ( tourist attraction in Spain )
Chapel
hat pegs
Chartres
Cathedral
( tourist attraction in France )
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the
church
where a wedding has been ( Beatles song lyric )
Elvis has left the
building
Empire State
Building
Far better for being near to you ( The Chesham
Building
Society advertising slogan )
Frasier has left the
building
( A catchphrase from Frasier )
Get the Abbey habit ( Abbey National advertising slogan )
Get thee to a
nunnery
High
church
How con-veen-ient! ( A catchphrase from The
Church
Lady In Saturday Night Live )
Investments with Abbey endings ( Abbey National
Building
Society advertising slogan )
Mother
church
Northanger Abbey ( Jane Austen novel )
Notre Dame
Cathedral
( tourist attraction in Paris France )
Paddy's Wigwam ( Nickname of The Roman Catholic
Cathedral
Liverpool )
Patriotism is the last
refuge
of scoundrels
Round Midnight ( Thelonious
Monk
tune )
Shovel ready ( a
building
project in which all the preliminaries have been arranged )
St Paul's
Cathedral
( tourist attraction in London England )
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Adventure of the
Priory
School ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Chrysler
Building
( tourist attraction in New York USA )
The Conservative Party at prayer ( The
Church
of England )
The Empire State
Building
( tourist attraction in New York USA )
The Mad
Monk
( Nickname of Rasputin )
The Sistine
Chapel
( tourist attraction in the Vatican City Italy )
We're with the Woolwich ( Woolwich
Building
Society advertising slogan )
Westminster Abbey ( tourist attraction in London England )