Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv prt] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stalked off like a scarecrow in a rage . |
| 2 | Sobbing and screaming , she thrashed about like a woman possessed . |
| 3 | In Sargent [ 1990 ] The Guardian , 3 July , Boreham J at Leeds Crown Court is reported as saying : " You were so negligent as to be reckless as to this woman 's welfare " , by pumping so much oxygen into her during an operation that she swelled up like a Michelin man . |
| 4 | Suddenly I just could n't stand it any longer and said I 've GOT to push and she came out like a champagne cork at 8.15 a.m . |
| 5 | Either it was the brandy or it was the heat , but she went out like a light . |
| 6 | But she went down like a sack of spuds and cracked her head open . |