Example sentences of "[vb -s] like [art] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It stands like a phallic exhortation to the newly-weds living around it , but was a hive of industry once , dating possibly from the seventeenth century . |
| 2 | It looks like a modern photograph to me . |
| 3 | If the stimulus conditions start with a spectrally pure red light shining on to a red area the cell will fire even though the area looks like a washed-out red to a human observer . |
| 4 | ‘ It looks like a short-term reaction to a short-term situation , partially sparked off by the ridiculous reaction to the August trade figures , ’ Sir Trevor added . |
| 5 | Sounds like a good idea to me . |
| 6 | Yeah , it sounds like a good idea to me . |
| 7 | Sounds like a good idea to me . |
| 8 | Not any more , there aren't. — You must need your eyes testing ! — Anyway , that Lock sounds like a right dump to me . |
| 9 | ‘ Sounds like a great idea to me , ’ she agreed , glancing dubiously at Stephen who was throwing water onto the dying embers . |
| 10 | A source who ought to know says that Unix System Laboratories has changed Destiny 's original Mac-like interface and made it look more like Windows : Sounds like a dumb move to us . |
| 11 | ‘ Sounds like a German joke to me ’ |
| 12 | Sounds like a foreign language to me . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Sounds like a damned orgy to me ! |
| 14 | ‘ It seems like a good idea to me , but then I hate drinking milk anyway . |
| 15 | ‘ It seems like a good time to — ’ At the cynical lift of his eyebrows her voice trailed off . |
| 16 | ‘ It seems like a marvellous solution to ridding a town or city of past mistakes . |
| 17 | If you 've got inequalities and everything then you say ah yes , it 's all very good , we need this , the Marxist class struggle , I mean that just seems like a ridiculous argument to me . |
| 18 | One hundred years seems like a long time to us , because it is longer than our lifetime . |
| 19 | Be careful during team matches if you are heavier than your opponent , because what seems like a light tap to you may prove a sledgehammer to him , and may result in a penalty . |
| 20 | ‘ Seems like the ideal time to me , ’ said a nome . |
| 21 | The fictional Eastertide death of Philip at Lydiard Constantine ( in Swindon ) , leaving the narrator to continue the kind of life that Thomas himself followed in his preparation for matriculation at Oxford in October 1897 , reads like a youthful reaction to the actual death of Ashcroft Noble on Good Friday 1896 . |