Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] at [pers pn] like [art] " in BNC.

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1 He joked that the other diners were looking at him like a wife-batterer .
2 The words were flung at her like an accusation of felony .
3 That night she dreamt that they were all , Larry and Philippa and John and Conrad and Demian and herself , dancing the hornpipe on the deck of a warship that was ploughing through a storm , but Demian 's leg was tragically maimed and would not keep in step and Conrad was shouting at him like a great actor-manager , and the tears were streaming down Demian 's face , or so she thought , until she realized that it was she who was crying , crying for the sick one , praying that her tears would heal his wound .
4 It was coming at me like a bullet , head shaking , lips curled back , teeth long and yellow and by far the biggest I 'd ever seen on a rabbit , live or dead .
5 ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy .
6 Salt was scowling at her like a dried prune .
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