Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [adv] like a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She laughed , and the veil blew out like a flag . |
| 2 | The story begins almost like a fairy tale with the old king calling upon the three princesses to divide his kingdom among them and ‘ shake all cares and business from [ his ] age ’ . |
| 3 | The archway looks much like a giant length of intestine . |
| 4 | In use , the card acts just like a disk drive but it responds instantaneously . |
| 5 | The python runs down like a spring , |
| 6 | Looping the loop and executing mid-flight victory rolls might be sensational on the coin-op , but without that gyroscopic cabinet thingie the effects are nowhere as impressive , and the thinness of the gameplay stands out like a Spectrum owner at a computer fair . |
| 7 | Much " oohing " and " aahing " from children and adults alike , as the chick looked just like a big cuddly toy and it did n't have nearly such a sharp beak , as Jane was about to find out . |
| 8 | This proved rather funny because when we went round a sharp bend , the cupboard door flew open , the porta-potty rolled out like a cheap-thrills show , and on the next bend it rolled back in again and the door closed ! |
| 9 | SHe had been impressed with how Tammuz had adjusted the machine to behave just like a real counter-girl . |
| 10 | Grotesque bunches of fingers waggled their shadows against the wall near her face , the ceiling peeled back like a tin lid . |
| 11 | The boy looked around like a trapped animal . |
| 12 | The question shot out like a bullet , and the faded eyes were suddenly hostile . |
| 13 | Again the shop looked more like a warehouse ‘ with only the clothes to make … a forest of colour ’ , wrote Veronica Papworth in the Sunday Express . |
| 14 | That made her giggle , although the sound came out like a harsh crackle . |
| 15 | The teacher came in like a colossus and the class shrank into a shivering line . |
| 16 | If you wanted to make the room seem more like a bedroom/sitting room than a study/library/dining room that will also accommodate a guest , you could make much more of the sofa bed and have a rectangular or drop-leaf table like a sofa table behind it . |
| 17 | Maybe it was his inflexion or the lilt of his accent , yet the remark sounded more like a statement than a question . |
| 18 | The product sounds exactly like a sketch that Amstrad issued at the launch of the PDA , and which was described as a possible future direction . |
| 19 | Ben saw the head drop and roll , the body tumble forward like a sack of grain , the arms fall limp . |
| 20 | the ray rose up like a revenant |
| 21 | The picture flicks down like a faulty framehold , vanishes beneath the rising sill . |
| 22 | You can lie and lie beautifully , but sooner or later the truth comes back like a wave and sweeps everything before it . |
| 23 | Nobody was allowed to touch them and the place felt more like a cave than a classroom . |
| 24 | Everything gleamed and the few people visible wore white coats ; apart from the exposed brickwork of a couple of rotund furnaces , linked to the ceiling by shining metal ductwork , the place looked more like a laboratory than a factory . |
| 25 | The moon shone overhead like a new dime . |
| 26 | With soloist , conductor and orchestra on this kind of form , it is no surprise that the Finale goes off like a rocket . |
| 27 | The cab leapt forward like a racehorse from a gate , its jockey 's laugh rising above the guttural din of the engine . |
| 28 | There was no one in sight and the canal was deserted , the water slopping gently like a cup of black coffee in an unsteady hand . |
| 29 | So long as someone knows you 're down there and comes to dig you out , then a basement 's always best , even if the rest goes down like a pack of cards . ’ |
| 30 | Remember what your psalmist says : ‘ The devil goes around like a lion seeking whom he would devour . ’ |