Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb past] like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marc gave a getsure of impatience but did n't say anything , and Peter , a glass of something that looked like a triple Scotch in one hand and Sarella 's usual orange juice in the other , moved smoothly forward . |
| 2 | Maybe , Charles reflected , his son-in-law was the result of some cloning experiment , by which creatures from another planet had created something that looked like a human being , but lacked the essential circuitry of humanity . |
| 3 | It was somehow easier to say these things to something that looked like a top-secret weapon in transit . |
| 4 | A bowl , she decided , exploring with fingers that were almost too frozen to feel anything , with something inside it that felt like a tiny lump of candlewax — and a wick . |
| 5 | It was ludicrously swollen , unnecessarily big and wholly obstructive to anything that looked like a new idea . |