Example sentences of "[noun] like [art] [noun] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Hardbroom 's eyes bored into Mildred like a laser-beam the moment they came into view . |
| 2 | To report from the front , there is now a gadget that can be fitted to your refrigerator that makes a noise like a pig every time the door is opened . |
| 3 | Or the need to race to the phone like a lunatic every time it rings ( for someone else ) and to blame your mother because you were at the pub when he did phone . |
| 4 | things like the magazines the colour supplements and things like that |
| 5 | Each one of us was beckoned over to have a go when it was my turn I rushed over and put the tanks on I then submerged It felt strange breathing under water like a fish the bubble emitted from the regulator trickled up the side of my face . |
| 6 | SEVEN MILLION tons of feedback and distortion , teeth-grindingly immense versions of ‘ Summertime Blues ’ and ‘ Shakin' All Over ’ , with Roger Daltrey twirling the microphone above his head like a helicopter a lot — it was a classy night out , alright . |
| 7 | Hugging the ground like a Lotus the Magister seems faster than it really is . |
| 8 | Her giggles became a scream , a short sharp shriek like the sound the hawk made . |
| 9 | I especially liked the Sci-Fi Drive-In Diner at MGM : a 250-seater restaurant where each ‘ table ’ is in a 1950s open-top car and the big-screen entertainment is provided by clips from black-and-white , B-movie classics like The Day The Earth Stood Still . |
| 10 | If our house had had a glass front like the neighbours the car would have gone straight through . |