Example sentences of "[conj] she [vb past] like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she felt like a little girl who had gone into the wrong party room , she was determined that this woman would not keep her away from her husband . |
| 2 | Or was it simply that she looked like a large , mobile bag of laundry ? |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm showing Melanie the neighbourhood , ’ said Finn , clutching his sister 's shoulders and rocking her kneeling form to and fro in an embrace which made her laugh soundlessly until she looked like a young girl . |
| 4 | I asked the dragon-lady if anyone had come in who was n't an owner or a groom , and she bridled like a thin turkey and told me that she had conscientiously checked every visitor against her list of bona fide owners , and only they had been admitted . |
| 5 | He knew his gaze was avid , and she blushed like a young girl and lowered her eyes . |