Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [verb] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equinox in Leicester Square might look like a cross between the Hippodrome and Liverpool St station , but it will be transformed into Britain 's biggest fancy dress ball for Kinky Gerlinky on September 28 when the theme is ‘ Sleaze ’ . |
| 2 | The 17th at Letchworth may look like a picture postcard , but it 's not a pretty sight to the members . |
| 3 | I suppose in the absence of any dumpy Squat females Meh'Lindi must seem like a goddess to the little chap . ’ |
| 4 | MARTY ROEBUCK might look like a man who would n't say ‘ boo ’ to a goose , but his slight frame hides a huge heart . |
| 5 | Even Princes William and Harry would look like a couple of little paupers in the presence of Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis . |
| 6 | By comparison to what Top Class undertook earlier this year , the trip to Paris will seem like a canter up the road . |
| 7 | Mary would work like a slave , but a woman could not take the animals to market , though he knew of widows living alone , soldiers ' wives mostly , who farmed on in a rough way by themselves , their cattle straying and mixing with the herds of others , their oats still standing in November … |