Example sentences of "it [vb past] like [adj] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They talked of starting a new party , ’ commented Bertrand Russell who was involved in the early stages : ‘ … it seemed like eight fleas talking of building a pyramid . ’ |
| 2 | He kissed my mouth , and it felt like warm butterflies brushing my lips , softly , quickly , and then it was gone . |
| 3 | It sounded like twelve machines running at the same time . |
| 4 | It sounded like small animals running up and down . |
| 5 | It sounded like several skulls bouncing down the steps of some distant dungeon . |