Example sentences of "like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So that 's why you 've been clinging to me like a leech all these months . |
| 2 | I sucked on her love like a leech . |
| 3 | She had tried to pick him up but he had clung to the banister rail like a leech and butted her in the chest with his head . |
| 4 | He noted that Marshal Malinovsky adhered to Khrushchev like a leech in Paris . |
| 5 | I spun into the spotlight with arms raised , smile flashing , galloped down the stairs , trying not to look down , across the stage , bowing like a courting duck to the boxed panel en route , along the promontory jutting out into the midst of the wildly cheering audience and , as the extravagant applause began at last to subside , heard myself say : |
| 6 | They were almost a pleasure , like a courting dance , only time delaying the inevitable climax . |
| 7 | To my right the Wye was there again , winding like a snake ; to my left were the broad muddy reaches of the Severn . |
| 8 | Stretching out his arm , and spreading his fingers like a snake 's tongue , Ollokot asked : |
| 9 | Mythology is full of monsters , half one beast , half another ; the head like a bull , the tail like a snake . |
| 10 | Instead of fleeing , like most small birds approached this closely , the cut-throat sits firm and hisses like a snake . |
| 11 | It hisses like a snake , growls like a carnivore and snaps out at its tormenter . |
| 12 | So the cat is almost certainly performing a mimicry display , reacting like a snake in the hope of triggering off some deep-seated fear of a venomous bite in the assailant 's mind . |
| 13 | The first woman reported to have been burned at stake for having sex with the devil was a citizen of Toulouse , who met her fate in 1275 after apparently giving birth to a child with the head of a wolf and a tail like a snake . |
| 14 | I 'm in bondage to him to the tune of three hundred guineas which he 's squeezing me for , crushing me to death like a snake its prey . ’ |
| 15 | Penn described the anti-hero of his Western as ‘ a man who gets rid of his history like a snake sheds his skin … |
| 16 | Its head is like a camel 's , its horns like a deer 's , its eyes like a hare 's , its ears like a bull 's , its neck like a snake 's , its belly like a clam 's , its scales like a carp 's , its claws like an eagle 's , and its paws like a tiger 's … |
| 17 | He turned on me like a snake . |
| 18 | When the adventurers are half-way up the stairs , the bannister rail suddenly sprouts teeth and attacks with its bite , writhing like a snake . |
| 19 | Her other hand whipped up like a snake , grasped Manescu by the throat . |
| 20 | Patrick squirmed beneath his mother 's scrutiny , her gaze was direct and unblinking — like a snake , he realised , and he wondered where she had perfected that trait . |
| 21 | Fast though they run , they all keep in step , so that the whole group looks more like a snake gliding through the undergrowth than a family of young mammals on an outing . |
| 22 | Sudden changes of mood left him rattling sarcasms like a snake , and he fell easily into disputes with others , including the Moynihans and Muriel Belcher . |
| 23 | Fucked like a snake , you know . ’ |
| 24 | shedding its skin like a snake , my voice |
| 25 | Her pony-tail was weaving like a snake , and she was still dressed in blood-stained black armour and shiny leggings ; the same kit that she had been wearing when Ardamal and his section had dragged her , kicking and screaming , into the IMC executive transporter . |
| 26 | She looked over at the pile of burned clothing she had shed like a snake 's skin , and shuddered . |
| 27 | If Anne reminded me of a gazelle , then Mrs. Constantine was like a snake : supple and seemingly without bones , smooth , lustrous , with wicked black eyes like stones and shining black hair twisted up into a knot on top of her head and a wide , wide mouth with disturbingly red lips and a flickering tongue that darted out to lick the crimson lips when she was concentrating on the cards . |
| 28 | Advanced levers of power , like a snake 's fang or an orchid 's flower , came far later . |
| 29 | The slow fuse uncoiled like a snake , the assassin pulling it slowly across the floor until the end appeared under the door . |
| 30 | Lio ! rt gasped at the sudden turn of speed with which the wizard had dodged his killing stroke and , with that desperation only available to the really terrified , Rincewind uncoiled like a snake and launched himself across the space between them . |