Example sentences of "come [adv prt] like a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The yellow nylon shirt with the frothy frill amounts to an offence against taste bordering on the criminal , yet it somehow works to offset his complexion ( pale blue ) and the ensemble enables him to come on like a chat-show host from Hell — vast smiles and arms flung out in gestures of mock formality . |
| 2 | Worst Career Move of the month : ex-world 's greatest sleazeball James Woods trying to come on like a middle-aged woman 's dreamboat opposite Dolly Parton in Straight Talk , which also has the biggest supporting cast of the month : Griffin Dunne , John Sayles , Spalding Gray . |
| 3 | It came up like a multi-coloured balloon and was pretty painful for a while . |
| 4 | Isabel 's head came up like a wary animal scenting the air , but her face was swiftly wiped of all expression . |
| 5 | That made her giggle , although the sound came out like a harsh crackle . |
| 6 | ‘ Come along like a sensible girl and have a nice cup of coffee in the sitting-room , where we can talk . ’ |
| 7 | He comes on like a Greek god and claims credit for fixing the weather . |
| 8 | Then it comes in like a tingling feeling . |
| 9 | In an uproarious performance , Finney comes over like a Mancunian Tigger , insufferably bouncy and crassly insensitive . |
| 10 | Dustin Hoffman , essaying Old Etonian , comes out like a poor take-off of Terry-Thomas . |
| 11 | Dustin Hoffman , essaying Old Etonian , comes out like a poor take-off of Terry-Thomas . |