Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] out like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no trace of breasts , and her hip bones jutted out like a young girl 's . |
| 2 | The sky was clearer than it had been for a week , and massive , but hardly elegant , Storskarfjell stood out like a white tent . |
| 3 | That made her giggle , although the sound came out like a harsh crackle . |
| 4 | Nob Town became Dingy Town and the whole area gradually settled into a faded seediness where a new paint job stuck out like a sore thumb . |
| 5 | The absence of South Africa from both the 1987 and this year 's tournaments stood out like a sore thumb . |
| 6 | The word came out like a helpless little bleat as Belinda followed him out of the room . |
| 7 | Beyond , the sea spread out like a ploughed field ; a watery present and past mingled seamlessly . |
| 8 | ‘ Or perhaps guilt has always been a condition of man , since the early days of the world , before time rolled out like a long slumber across the universe . |