Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb -s] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But my sister sounds like a witch , ’ he finished for her , evidently extremely amused by the idea . |
| 2 | My head feels like a helium balloon . ’ |
| 3 | and he goes erm I am a con my head looks like a condom . |
| 4 | My tongue feels like a rug . |
| 5 | My hand runs like a delta through |
| 6 | Well , the school with its rules sounds like a POW camp . |
| 7 | Its croak sounds like a smoker 's cough . |
| 8 | Its engine acts like a vacuum cleaner by removing pollutants to become a smog buster . |
| 9 | Digestion is suspended and their food lies like a load in the stomach ; fullness and distress come on immediately after eating . |
| 10 | His shouting sounds like a trumpet or summat . |
| 11 | his foreskin sways like a drop of flesh … |
| 12 | His head looks like a baby 's arse . |
| 13 | His song seems like a recollection of one of Eliot 's music-hall favourites and heightens the unusual , ritual element of his drinking . |
| 14 | His hotel looks like a remake of The Wild Bunch . |
| 15 | This dematerialisation is taken a stage further when his soul becomes like a bird which can fly away , completely freeing itself from society or any distractions to concentrate solely on the contemplation of itself . |
| 16 | His face looks like a Halloween mask — fixed and rigid ; a shiny mask all over his face . |
| 17 | our skin sags like a deflating |
| 18 | Your mum looks like a Ribena berry . |
| 19 | I am a and my name is Tom people say to me your head looks like a condom . |
| 20 | You think you 're so clever , Gianluigi , and that 's your problem , for your cleverness gleams like a wolf 's fangs . |
| 21 | Once you 've met one or two less-than-enchanting , patronising individuals , someone who smiles and remembers your name feels like a hero . |