Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv prt] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raising his voice a little , so that it cracked out like a whiplash , he said tersely , ‘ Off wi' thoo . ’ |
| 2 | Once she knew the other two women had talked , it came out like a flood . |
| 3 | I scrambled to my feet , forcing the turban over my eyes and bending the feather till it stuck out like a pan-handle , went nervously into the comedy routine and finished by singing , ‘ If There 's a Wrong Way to Do It ’ and walking into the proscenium arch . |
| 4 | Christopher 's outstretched right hand was running slowly through her hair , touching her head at the roots and pulling the hair outwards so that it fell back like a fan . |
| 5 | I took the hot , spicy drink and it went down like a stream of molten lava . |
| 6 | It stood out like a beacon in that rather murky period . |
| 7 | It sat up like a squirrel , its spruce brown back tinted chestnut in the sunlight , its belly cream-coloured . |