Example sentences of "[adv prt] like a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I charged in like a bull . |
| 2 | But I was determined not to allow myself to be hauled in like a helpless fish as he reeled in his capable line . |
| 3 | Then the Birmingham Small Arms Company revealed after many a summer that the car she sat in like a burnished throne , and even some of the furs she wore , were not provided by her Prince Charming , Sir Bernard , but by them , the nuts and bolts firm of which he was chairman , as a business expense which they were no longer happy to provide . |
| 4 | The infamous Clause 28 , forbidding teachers to ‘ promote ’ homosexuality , tends to be supported by those who believe there is such a thing as classical sex — one proper , heterosexual way of doing it , which should be drummed in like a correct French accent . |
| 5 | On The Woman I Am , Chaka takes control again and , while the arrangements struggle to fill every available space with drum patterns and horn fills , she keeps swooping in like a dive-bombing seagull and forcing songs and producers into submission . |
| 6 | That is nipples which are turned in like a crater , or which do not stick up by at least half a centimetre when gently pinched between thumb and forefinger from just beyond the base . |
| 7 | Madge Allsop had just crept in like a beige dormouse and deposited a salver of tea , though Dame Edna had dismissed her with a beady look when she attempted to sit in our chat . |
| 8 | Surely one did not spend one 's time locked in like a criminal . |
| 9 | Some said his wife did n't turn a hair any more when Sammy was carried in like a drowned rat . |
| 10 | He walked in like a culprit . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't know you could read , Jess , ’ Miss Phoebe said , coming in like a whisper . |
| 12 | March comes in like a lion |
| 13 | ‘ I just go in like a bull at a gate and most of the time it works . |
| 14 | He 's in like a breeze . |
| 15 | Her words went in like a knife . |
| 16 | At least have some wine , to put the colour back in your face ; you came in like a ghost . |
| 17 | ITN reporter Nicholson said : ‘ We want her to settle in like a normal British schoolgirl . ’ |
| 18 | Mike Power and Clive Thornton pointed him in the right direction and sent him in like a terrier down a rabbit hole . |
| 19 | ‘ When the sea gets to the base of that , the tide 's already too high , and it comes in like a horse trotting , as they say . |
| 20 | ‘ The tide , ’ he had said , ‘ comes in like a horse trotting . ’ |
| 21 | If he lands on a tree or on the ground he sticks in like a dart , and even if he survives the impact he wo n't be able to free himself easily . |
| 22 | Then the head falls in like a pumpkin . |
| 23 | Whatever the colour scheme , whatever the style , these pretty white duvet covers and pillowcases from Lace Lady will fit in like a dream — and make for a good night 's sleep . |
| 24 | Mostly the waiter would go along with this , sensing that Oliver was one of those customers who did not , for all their enquiries , actually want any advice , and it was just a question of slowly reeling him in like a fish . |
| 25 | Keep a baby in like a warm baby-gro |
| 26 | No it was in er , in was in like a plaster of paris thing |
| 27 | Ellwood walked to his car and got in like a man with a purpose accomplished . |
| 28 | They broke them in like a horse , but you could n't get their necks like a horse . |
| 29 | He would put away the car quietly , leaving the garage open in case the thud of the door woke her , then sneak in like a thief at the back door . |
| 30 | When I had finished , her abdomen was lifted high and nipped in like a wasp-waisted Victorian lady of fashion . |