Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly its noise was distinct and loud like a tractor coming over the western horizon . |
| 2 | The screens should be removed from the reception desk to make it more friendly and less like a bank . |
| 3 | She seemed to be eased by talking of her daughter , and by the time she stopped , apologetically , and drank some tea poured for her by Catherine , she looked exhausted but less like a wraith . |
| 4 | Whether or not he was altogether comfortable in such a role is another matter ; when Lawrence Durrell once suggested to him that he was not a Christian at all but more like a Buddhist or a primitive he replied only with a question , " Perhaps they have n't found me out yet ? " |
| 5 | With her bouffant hair , her crimson lips , her plump raincoated figure hour-glassed by a tight belt , she looked more than ever like a matryoshka , a Russian doll . |
| 6 | In the half-light of the editing suite his face appeared more than ever like a mask , the nose attenuated , the skin smooth and polished . |
| 7 | She suddenly recollected that she was now the wife of the director of a large company , and drew herself up with what she hoped was some dignity ; but she only succeeded in looking more than ever like a pouter pigeon . |
| 8 | He looked more than ever like a baby blackbird , rakish , half-strangled and very dear to me . |
| 9 | Feeling more than ever like a cur , Neil turned the pages — but it was all of her that was left to him — and , he told himself firmly , he would read just enough to discover the truth about her … and why she had hoarded the cuttings . |
| 10 | It looks more and more like a cover for a pax americana . |
| 11 | And your arms grow all hairy and muscly like a man 's and you get very keen on boxing and tossing the caber . ’ |