Example sentences of "[verb] go [adv prt] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could have returned to Ipswich but I did n't want to go back like a beggar . |
| 2 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
| 3 | The Tema Russo Finale can hardly be said to go off like a rocket either . |
| 4 | Her mum said Sergeant Joe would take care of that Flash Harry , but if he did n't she 'd have a go herself , she 'd bash Archie 's bowler so hard over his head he 'd never get it off again , he 'd have to go about like a man with no eyeballs . |
| 5 | Experts said that if the bombs had penetrated any part of the cigar-shaped cylinders they would have gone off like a rocket , smashing into nearby homes . |