Example sentences of "it [was/were] like [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like smoking a bonfire rolled up in lavatory paper . |
| 2 | He watched her without comment , and when she began to undress him , it was like undressing a baby . |
| 3 | It was like taking a step back into the past , and for a moment a little shiver ran down her spine . |
| 4 | It was like seeing a room that 's been tidied up after a death . |
| 5 | Watching you jump was … well , it was like seeing a firework going off , a sky-rocket . |
| 6 | It was like pushing a trigger in the brain . |
| 7 | ‘ It was like throwing a piece of meat to sharks . |
| 8 | She 's easy to talk to — it was like meeting a friend . ’ |
| 9 | It was like watching a film or a play and you 're totally caught up in what 's going on and you 're taken out of yourself and everything suddenly has colour and meaning and magic and you forget that outside the rain 's tippling down and tomorrow 's homework has n't been done and you 've got to wash the car to pay Dad back for the money you borrowed to come to the film because you were skint till the end of next week . |
| 10 | It was like watching a child grow up too quickly . |
| 11 | It was like watching a dance of colours that flowed with emotions faster than the light of her vision . |
| 12 | At times it was like watching a cat toying with a mouse , so complete was Fiji 's mastery in a 22–6 win . |
| 13 | It was like watching a whirlwind . |
| 14 | It was like watching a party to which he had n't been invited . |
| 15 | Asquith 's début feature is fascinating both because its setting in a bustling film studio gives some impression of what it was like to shoot a picture in Britain at the end of the silent era , and because of what it argues as the future for British films . |
| 16 | — Sid Breeze : By popular request , another chance to hear Sid tell us what it was like to drive a steam engine on British Railways . |
| 17 | I have been asked by several Society members what it was like to take a ride on the Bishop 's Castle Railway , and the best description that I know of is the account by the late Sir Jasper More in his book , ‘ A TALE OF TWO HOUSES ’ , published by Sir Jasper in 1978 . |
| 18 | It was like having a knife twisted in the wound . |
| 19 | Once asked many years ago by a visiting American Congresswoman what it was like having a woman leader , Grunte had replied that it was like being at home all day , a bon mot that had earned him his place in ‘ Sayings of the Week ’ . |
| 20 | It was like having a baby of her own again . |
| 21 | It was like doing a BA but all in law subjects . |
| 22 | It was like playing a practice match , ’ said a disappointed Courier after he and his partner were well beaten 6-2 , 6-2 , 7-6 in their opening red-group match . |
| 23 | Surgeon Colin Hilton said : ‘ It was like putting a quart in a pint pot . |
| 24 | It was like grabbing a tiger by the tail ! |
| 25 | It was like giving a button to a blind beggar . |
| 26 | It was like climbing a waterfall , but there was a warder at the top , clinging to a railing and yelling to us at the top of his voice to hurry — as if we needed such encouragement . |
| 27 | Quickly , Alina stepped around her so that she could hold Sandy 's head in both of her hands ; Sandy made a weak attempt to struggle , but it was like fighting a rock . |
| 28 | It was like making a hole in the water . |