Example sentences of "like a [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Mm my feet are sweating now , but , she seems to have a bug in there or summat , cos it 's more like a burning than a sweat , it |
2 | It was some player indeed who could unleash a power-drive with a ball that was more like a cannon-ball than a football ! |
3 | Betty thought he looked more like a gipsy than a minister — ; a good gypsy . |
4 | Edward felt like a colonial or a schoolboy , and it irked . |
5 | I told him last week that he looked more like a German than a Frenchman and he became very cross . ’ |
6 | Rose blooms take a variety of different forms , best summarized as ( a ) single , with a single circlet of five petals , ( b ) double , with anything from 10 to 30 petals , ( c ) semi-double , with up to 15 petals but opening more like a single than a double , and ( d ) the old favourite quartered rose , with its many petals curled into four ‘ quarters ’ . |