Example sentences of "[verb] him [adv] like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rough hands gripped him by his crotch and the back of his neck , holding him aloft like a defenceless struggling insect tipped on to its back . |
| 2 | Wycliffe came out into the sunshine , blinking ; Emily saw him off like an old friend . |
| 3 | She had fought him off like a veritable wildcat when he 'd slung a few well-deserved insults at her , and then had had the gall to deny she had turned traitor , although her brother held his castle for Matilda , and God only knew what she , herself , had done for the Empress . |
| 4 | They rang room service , then she had to push him off like a young puppy . |
| 5 | He knew that in this berserk state those horns could open him up like a ripe melon . |
| 6 | If Clinton were to win the nomination , claimed Kerrey , Bush would use the issue to " open him up like a soft peanut " . |
| 7 | It all rests upon a possible impressionableness in me , and relies a good deal on mystery or mist. , The allegory in ‘ Shadows of the Hills ’ is crystal-clear , in spite of the involved style : ‘ For Nature took him and held him fast like a jealous lover … |