Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Away from her , he must feel like a boy let out of school . |
| 2 | Not the clothes for cross-country , and he would stand out like a beacon on the fringes of the villages and collectives that he must circle like a fox coming to the dustbins for food . |
| 3 | He 'll float like a butterfly , sting like a bee , wear the blubber out , and then … |
| 4 | ‘ He 'll have like a styrofoam burger-box and he 'll cut a hole and put like his balls and his dick up there and then he goes — ‘ Oh ! |
| 5 | Wo n't get picked up as a suspected drunk-driver , he 'll look like a rep getting an early start . ’ |
| 6 | And this is important because a man might look very well from one side but he might look like a cheese from another , and that would be a distraction . |
| 7 | But at the same time he could look like a fool , crooning ‘ Proud Mary ’ along with Snow White on Oscar night ; he thought he was just being a trouper . |
| 8 | He was a giant of a man and did the work of three , and when someone flagged with exhaustion he would appear like a genie by his side and with a quiet word help him over the temporary crisis . |
| 9 | Max took an instant dislike to her and from then on , when she tried to speak , he would howl like a wolf and I got a dreadful fit of the giggles ! |
| 10 | And when she showed him Elise 's diary he would collapse like a house built of cards . |
| 11 | He will pursue like a panther and be coy prey , present himself as rapacious subject of desire and fey object of bliss ( ‘ Anna Stesia ’ pleads ‘ praise me , ravish me ’ ) . |
| 12 | Then he can play like a dream , electrifying Anfield with that direct , no-nonsense running style which strikes fear into defenders . |