Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb past] like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of the fly leaf , the end of my penis looked like a peeled pomegranate . |
| 2 | I was unsteady on my feet , and my head felt like a leftover battlefield , but everything seemed to be in more or less working order . |
| 3 | The irreversibility of her mutilation lay like a fallen tree across her spirit . |
| 4 | Dorothea stayed in the sunlit kitchen with her tea , happy at the letter , her loss of purpose , her anxiety dissipated like a past illness , already wondered at , the symptoms forgotten . |
| 5 | Her head throbbed like a burst boil , but there was nothing there … |
| 6 | The whole idea was too romantic and the awful prospect of the Ryan farmhouse or its equivalent vanished like a nasty dream . |
| 7 | Her knee felt like a wet sponge . |
| 8 | Lucien had also been warned that Mandru 's liberal attitude towards his Ixmaritians was misleading ; his demesne ran like a well-oiled machine , and he abhorred waste . |
| 9 | In a way , he was able to vent his frustrations in his boxing and his sport became like a cathartic experience ; it provided a perfect outlet for his aggression . |
| 10 | When placed in the field our army looked like a lovely city adorned with beautiful tents flying innumerable flags of all colours … |