Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] like a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He engaged them with zest , stretching and testing them like a martial artist , to catalyse their own divine spark — just as he was later to do as the teacher , John Keating , in Dead Poets Society . |
| 2 | Rourke leaned over her , straddling her like a vengeful demon . |
| 3 | Carolyn was ignoring her like a sulky child . |
| 4 | The bastards were kicking him like a fucking dog . |
| 5 | ‘ We shall be treating them like a Premier League side . ’ |
| 6 | You must stop treating me like a naughty girlfriend , for I am neither the one nor the other . |
| 7 | She wrote in the card : ‘ Thanks for treating me like a human being . |
| 8 | What amazes me is how often they 'll say to me ‘ Thank you very much for treating me like a human being ’ because however drunk they are in the churchyard I always believe that you 're much more likely to get somewhere with somebody if you are polite and kind to them and treat them like a real human being , and you can get into all sorts of fascinating conversations with these people even when they are fairly drunk , because actually they are real human beings , they are n't awful people . |
| 9 | He was treating her like a cheap pick-up . |
| 10 | And Richie was no longer treating him like a lame duck . |
| 11 | You complain that your marriage is n't a partnership , yet when you are not tearing a strip off him ( as mothers tend to do to sons ) or winding him up ( as mates do ) you are treating him like a no-talent support act . |
| 12 | She was treating him like a little boy . |
| 13 | Decide on an Apex and within a week you 'll be treating it like a good friend . |
| 14 | She realized that everyone looked at her with new eyes , handling her like a precious piece of porcelain to be admired but not touched . |
| 15 | ‘ It is morally the right thing to do , ’ said McFarlane , dropping it like a swift brick in among the parentheses and qualifications and regrets . |
| 16 | Although the title will take only two pages of advertising , Davidson hopes that by branding it like a full-colour weekly , it will escape the image of the rather staid specialised ‘ puzzler ’ magazines . |
| 17 | accenting it like a demented Maurice Chevalier . |