Example sentences of "behaved like a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one could doubt that William Joyce behaved like a young man who was English and proud of it . |
| 2 | Usually Artai behaved like a fractious child , his temper uncertain , his demeanour abrupt and discourteous . |
| 3 | He kept it , he told himself , to give back to her when she was kind and behaved like a proper wire . |
| 4 | ‘ I do not see why you should apologise to me in any way , it is I who behaved like a little monster . |
| 5 | And when I did I behaved like a damned fool . |
| 6 | A C2 might be a joy to paddle on a dancing rapid but out on the Pacific Ocean it behaved like a submersible beast . |
| 7 | In August 1968 , the Conservatives established a Scottish Constitutional Committee , which behaved like a royal commission , under Sir Alec Douglas-Home . |
| 8 | It also sprayed urine in a desultory fashion , but never behaved like a full-blooded tom at any stage . |