Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb past] like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As light passed through the tiny dyed starch grains , each one acted like a red blue or green filter , passing light of mainly that colour , and blocking out light of other colours . |
| 2 | As light passed through the tiny dyed starch grains , each one acted like a red blue or green filter , passing light of mainly that colour , and blocking out light of other colours . |
| 3 | She ate so many she looked like a prickly pincushion . |
| 4 | ‘ I do not see why you should apologise to me in any way , it is I who behaved like a little monster . |
| 5 | At first it looked like a dark patch of space . |