Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were all the wrong shades for me ( for her too ) and I looked like a tired clown by the time she 'd finished , but on my previous appearance anything would have been an improvement . |
| 2 | He led , and I followed like a little sheep . |
| 3 | Richard made the gown I wore to meet Charles and Di at the premiere for The Living Daylights and I felt like a million dollars in it . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm only ten years older than you , and I look like an old man . |
| 5 | And you look like a blushing bride . |
| 6 | Yeah and you feel like a bleeding rabbit . |
| 7 | She had been crying again and her mascara had been washed away and she looked like an eleven-year-old waking up in hospital after an operation . |
| 8 | She proceeded to do this earnestly , seriously , and she sounded like an old steam-engine wheezing from the depths of the water ( that idyllic sound , now long forgotten , which to those who never knew it can be described in no better way than the wheezing of an old woman breathing in and out by the edge of a pool ) . |
| 9 | I asked the dragon-lady if anyone had come in who was n't an owner or a groom , and she bridled like a thin turkey and told me that she had conscientiously checked every visitor against her list of bona fide owners , and only they had been admitted . |
| 10 | He knew his gaze was avid , and she blushed like a young girl and lowered her eyes . |
| 11 | er , there was a lad in a sketch with him , we saw the trailer and he looked like an older version of Macouly Maulkin , or whatever his name is , what 's his name ? |
| 12 | I thump a rabbit chop on the back of his neck , and he crumples like a stabbed bull in the ring . |
| 13 | breathing in , and he smelt like a wet dog , drying . |
| 14 | In a sense , this is typical first-novel fare , and it reads like a first novel , with its attendant flaws — the heavy imbalances and visible seams . |
| 15 | Where , when you sub- contract some international work , at some stage you get something back that you checked and it looked like a right pig but . |
| 16 | Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement . |
| 17 | The switchboard answered quickly and it seemed like a good omen . |
| 18 | In the meantime , my thirteenth birthday was coming up , and it seemed like a good time to revive my request for the perfect present : a bird of prey . |
| 19 | The picture could be executed by a company called Scanachrome in which I already had some interest and it seemed like a good opportunity to get involved with the process . |
| 20 | The two suitcases represented everything she thought she would need for the next seven months at the Hamiltons ' , and it seemed like an odd way to be taking what might be a big step in her life . |
| 21 | He said that he did it because everybody wanted him to do it , and he even agreed with me that bits were like Simon and Garfunkel and it sounded like a hundred songs written before , and admitted that he was cashing in on the moon landing but thought he could make some money doing it . |
| 22 | My room was over the back door and it squeaked like a murdered rat . |
| 23 | So poems are elusive because you get the idea that actually working out your idea so it comes down on paper and it looks like a good poem and it says what you want to say and it does n't spoil the effect etcetera so you 've really captured your poem . |
| 24 | But if the decision is made to share the same house , and it looks like a viable proposition , then planning should begin optimistically and without fuss , having due regard for the needs of all parties . |
| 25 | The rubber is now in the glassy state and it acts like a stiff metal spring by regaining its shape rapidly after an extension . |