Example sentences of "it [verb] like [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pity it plays like a dented tin can , really . |
| 2 | In fact , if glass is prevented from cracking in tension , say by putting it into compression , then it is quite easy to get it to flow like a soft solid ; for instance , glass will behave like putty under the blunt point of a diamond indenter but the shear stresses required to cause flow are well above the normally observed fracture stresses — in common glasses at room temperature usually above 500,000 p.s.i . |
| 3 | He shakes his head and I get a shiver , remembering just that gesture of his , repeated and repeated so that it became like a nervous tic after a while , back in Strathspeld , after Clare 's funeral in ‘ 89 ; a gesture of disbelief , refusal , non-acceptance . |
| 4 | It became like a social visit . |
| 5 | She was wearing a plaid dressing-gown that her Dad had left behind : it smelled like an old dog and was as scratchy and heavy as wearing a carpet . |
| 6 | It may look like a crumbling chocolate sundae but it tastes like the finest birthday cake you ever had , covered with cream and laced with rum . |
| 7 | Not a bit of it — do not know if W. J. Jakimiuk who was responsible for the Chipmunk 's lovely qualities also devised the Beaver 's agile handling , but I should not be surprised if he did , for it flies like a smaller aeroplane , with light forces and a roll-rate much better than that long high-aspect-ratio wing might suggest . |
| 8 | It stands like a phallic exhortation to the newly-weds living around it , but was a hive of industry once , dating possibly from the seventeenth century . |
| 9 | The only way that 's going to happen is if it looks like a professional West End production . |
| 10 | It looks like a great deal to ask of our underpaid and undersupported teachers . |
| 11 | Otherwise I if it 's appropriate I 'll say it looks like a great newsletter . |
| 12 | It looks like a small cottage whose thatch has forgotten to stop , running down all four walls to ground level . |
| 13 | ‘ It looks like a short-term reaction to a short-term situation , partially sparked off by the ridiculous reaction to the August trade figures , ’ Sir Trevor added . |
| 14 | With binoculars it looks like a faint blur , easy enough with × 7 , while with × 20 there is an indication of resolution into stars at its outer edges . |
| 15 | On the map , or from high in the air , it looks like a proud bird , profiled like a phoenix . |
| 16 | It looks like a souped-up version of Skylab , the orbiting laboratory that NASA launched with a Saturn V moon-rocket after the Apollo programme had been curtailed . |
| 17 | It looks like a modern photograph to me . |
| 18 | Called a snuffer , it looks like a tiny gold-plated cooling tower and can only be found in rather grand shops : Asprey , Fortnum & Mason , Selfridges and Smythson of Bond Street . |
| 19 | Maxine ( 4.6 ) : It looks like a real monster . |
| 20 | When the sun shines through your hair it looks like a golden halo . |
| 21 | But if the decision is made to share the same house , and it looks like a viable proposition , then planning should begin optimistically and without fuss , having due regard for the needs of all parties . |
| 22 | It looks like a clever move — by publicly questioning the boards intent ( by requesting the meeting ) he is asking for commitment to the progression of the club . |
| 23 | I wish I knew more about wine , but it looks like a good year . " |
| 24 | So poems are elusive because you get the idea that actually working out your idea so it comes down on paper and it looks like a good poem and it says what you want to say and it does n't spoil the effect etcetera so you 've really captured your poem . |
| 25 | Again , it looks like a standard block . |
| 26 | At first glance it looks like a straightforward consequence of overaccumulation ( chapter 11 ) . |
| 27 | Spread the American frosting over the body of the sheep and swirl with a palette knife so that it looks like a woolly coat . |
| 28 | And , and then finally the council said , he actually had an Austin Princess , but you know Paul and his cars that that nineteen , I do n't know what it is the car he 's got in his garage now , but he buys old cars and completely rebuilds them , it looks like a new car now and he ha he had an Austin Princess which , which actually it was a P reg and er they told him he could n't run the service unless he bought a much newer car . |
| 29 | It looks like a little bit longer than we first |
| 30 | It looks demolish it looks like a derelict place , in , ah What 's , what 's that on the ? |