Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] like [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stood up , and he towered above her like a golden figure in one of the hospital 's many paintings . |
| 2 | He joked with them like a cheerful , older brother and sang one or two shockingly rude Army songs that made them both giggle . |
| 3 | Excitement flickered inside her like a random spark that found itself landing in a pile of dry autumn leaves as she hardly dared consider the possibilities and what they might mean for her . |
| 4 | Here and there logs surfaced from it like the inclined hulls of sinking ships . |
| 5 | She told herself not to let negative thoughts take over , but , night after night , her will-power dissolved into helplessness , and when at last she slept , her past life rose before her like a grotesque apparition . |
| 6 | This weighed on him like an inactive dreadnought suit of combat armour , imprisoning him ; and he sought his enhanced clarity , as it were , to restore power to that suit . |
| 7 | The reflections flickered on her like a distant storm . |
| 8 | His dark eyes flickered at me like a long sooty flame , then he looked down again . |
| 9 | Britain , in the mid-1970s , seemed to me like the promised land of progressive education . |
| 10 | As for Mr Berkley , the conversation seemed to him like the macabre chorus of some drama in which he was eventually to appear , by some unexpected twist of the plot , as the despicable villain . |
| 11 | The secret language , the underground stream that forced through her like a river , that rose and danced inside her like the pulling jet of a fountain , that wetted her face and hands like fine spray , that joined her back to what she had lost , to something she had once intimately known , that she could hardly believe would always be there as it was now , which waited for her and called her by her name . |
| 12 | Even now the thought of that kiss , that for one moment had hovered so dangerously between them , writhed inside her like a bitter , cruel torment . |
| 13 | The cat withdrew from her like a sooty ghost and stole away along the slope towards the standing stone . |
| 14 | Gratification opened to him like a regained paradise . |
| 15 | She felt tears blur her vision , she was weary and the grief of her father 's death hung over her like a dark cloud . |
| 16 | For three days this terrible possibility hung over me like an appalling nightmare , but then the agony was lifted — the prognosis was brighter . |
| 17 | Australia beckoned to him like an uncut diamond . |
| 18 | As realisation broke over her like a drenching wave her whole body sagged . |
| 19 | He beamed on me like an indulgent father promising a marvellous present off the Christmas tree . |
| 20 | He clung to her like a clammy spider , pulling her down beside him with unexpected strength . |
| 21 | But slimming , whether intentional or — as now — the result of unhappiness , never seemed to affect her breasts , and the much washed , faded T-shirt clung to her like a second skin . |
| 22 | Caroline concentrated on a spot on the wall while Fabbiano , kneeling on the floor before her , whisked a needle and thread through the hem of the scarlet silk dress that clung to her like a second skin . |
| 23 | Her thin denim jacket was sodden and clung to her like a wet tea towel . |
| 24 | Relief surged through her like a physical infusion of new blood . |
| 25 | Lust went through him like a sudden scorch . |
| 26 | I thought he 'd be thrown but he went through them like an express train . ’ |
| 27 | She heard Adam gasp , and panic went through her like an electric shock . |
| 28 | Of its own volition hers went into it like a homing pigeon while her mind was still saying , ‘ No way , signore . ’ |
| 29 | For a moment he did not know where he was : the darkness lay upon him like a leaden weight , crushing him as if he were under a ton of river-water . |
| 30 | The shock wave was delayed by only a few more seconds , and then it rolled over them like a small hurricane . |