Example sentences of "[vb pp] like one " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had a cosy assurance in the obvious existence of a divine architect for what they took to be an elegant and attractive world , neatly designed like one of their drawing-rooms . |
| 2 | In the 1670s the Hudson 's Bay Company must have looked like one of the least important overseas concerns that Charles II and his government had to handle . |
| 3 | Molly Pargeter , a woman of forty , whose hair was kept in place with difficulty , might have looked like one of the larger Graces in the paintings she admired had not her size caused her such embarrassment that she lowered her head and stooped a little as she walked . |
| 4 | By tomorrow night Stapleton will be caught like one of his butterflies , and we shall add him to the Baker Street collection . ’ |
| 5 | In reality , though , she 'd felt like one of the walking wounded . |
| 6 | Built like one of her own sofas , topped with crisp golden curls , she had big blue eyes , a vivid red mouth and three chins to do the work of one . |
| 7 | But I mean Kathy 's only done like one side apparently |
| 8 | HOUSEWIFE Sarah Fox threw away £10,000 in research trying to invent a floating soap because such a soap called Swan , and shaped like one , was around at least 50 years ago . |
| 9 | Okay , and I 've got like one other spare so do you wan na keep it for Jed and also ? |
| 10 | It had sounded like one of the world 's basic truths . |
| 11 | It all sounded like one big , never-ending party , and the climate was wonderful all the year round . |
| 12 | The city has become like one of the supersaturated solutions which Howard remembers making in the chemistry laboratory at school . |
| 13 | Consider how the lilies grow in the fields ; they do not work , they do not spin , and yet , I tell you , even Solomon in all his splendour was not attired like one of these . |