Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I went like a little lamb following a mother sheep , back to the same room . |
| 2 | Of the two Johns in the Commons yesterday , only one looked like a Prime Minister . |
| 3 | From outside it looked like a faded bell but within was a brilliant and sumptuous chamber of fiery gold adorned with most exquisite tapestry , and it moved me as much as I was moved when I saw the dome of the Blue Mosque at Isfahan , the most beautiful building I have ever seen . |
| 4 | Justifying my needs was difficult , but with retirement looming up it seemed like a good idea . |
| 5 | She had n't realised how tense she was until she heard that he was all right , but now she crumpled like a wet paper bag , laughing and crying and laughing again all at once , while Mick hugged her and passed her tissues . |
| 6 | His tone had changed again , and now he spoke like a worried father who still lives in hope for his son . |
| 7 | Paxton slid open a drawer in his desk and took out what looked like a floor-by-floor plan of the three-storey building . |
| 8 | He left hold of one arm and thrust his hand into his coat pocket and brought out what looked like a narrow tube ; then glancing first one way then the other , he said : ‘ This wo n't hurt you and you 'll come quietly . ’ |
| 9 | On my first day there I acted like a young lord , lying on my bed , my boots on , sipping from a cup of canary and wondering what steps I should take next . |
| 10 | Sometimes he felt like a middle-aged man trapped inside a young man 's body . |
| 11 | Then he looked like a frightened animal . |
| 12 | Then what sounded like a queer sort of telephone number . |
| 13 | Dexter had seen it happen many times before : the moment when a human being slips from conversation into confession , the moment when what seemed like a universal desire to atone for wickedness overwhelmed the conflicting wish for self-preservation . |