Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] like a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her flesh was vibrantly alert , too sensitive , her heart thudding like a runner 's , wild hot panic flooding her reactivated mind . |
| 2 | I heard a terrible pounding in my ears , my heart thudding like a drum , my stomach lurching as I swung on the end of the rope . |
| 3 | Sleek , with skin gleaming like a rich satin — |
| 4 | I can see her little gold necklace twinkling like a star round her neck . |
| 5 | Then in their wake , a stately schooner under full sail — Sister Cooney bobbing like a fretful tug in attendance — she hove in sight , a strongly-timbered woman , solid and soundly ballasted . |
| 6 | He spun around so fast that he came close to falling over , his heart leaping like a bird in a snare . |
| 7 | I just stood there , my heart banging like a sledge-hammer , and watched it slowly dawning on you . |
| 8 | The body was still twitching when it was flung on to a table and the head hacked off , blood spurting like a fountain . |
| 9 | For a brief moment , she had seen herself raising the tiny silver gun and pulling the trigger , once and then again , the blood appearing like a diseased flower on Lewis 's soiled shirt . |
| 10 | He could feel his heart hammering in his chest , his blood coursing like a dark , hot tide in his veins . |
| 11 | The mameluke grinned vacuously , his mouth opening like a great , red cavern . |
| 12 | With the edge of the island visible on either side , Manhattan sits in murky river , an absurd chunk of metropolis looking like a Gothic spaceship working up to an explosive departure from the planet . |
| 13 | The train was still inside the tunnel , the wind howling like a mad banshee through the open windows . |
| 14 | In fact I just stand in the middle of the bedroom looking like a favourite rich uncle on a flying visit from South America , urging her to choose where she 'd like to eat , and not worry about the cost . |
| 15 | Harvey and I came out the other side looking like a couple of spooks . |
| 16 | All the same , he found it pleasant to watch Hari reviving like a thirsty plant which has just been watered . |
| 17 | She considered what she had discovered , her mind racing like a Roladex . |
| 18 | ‘ Mama Said ’ is issued on April 2 and sources close to NME have described the album as ‘ a major departure from his previous work , with many of the songs sounding like a weird blend of psychedelic dub . ’ |
| 19 | She had felt most wonderfully the power surging up behind her eyes gushing like a warm fluid inside her skull , and her eyes had become scorching hot , hotter than ever before , and things had come bursting out of her eye-sockets and then the piece of chalk had lifted itself up and had begun to write . |
| 20 | For whimsy she 'd even etched a skein of ants travelling due west , with a ladybird glowing like a winged jewel , poised to fly to her northern home . |
| 21 | The speed running like a wildcat |
| 22 | the speed running like a wildcat |
| 23 | A blitz start , massed shakos , plumes dancing like a flustered henhouse ; a period of svelte progress recorded in ebullient despatches as the enemy falls back ; then the beginning of a long , morale-sapping trudge with rations getting shorter and the first snowflakes upon your face . |
| 24 | Her eyelids yawn to expose vivid blue eyes and a life force shining like a beacon . |
| 25 | ‘ You left a bottle o' poison last time , did n't you ? ’ he said , holding up the iodine bottle , his grey eyes shining like a puddle in the road . |
| 26 | He slept with his mouth open , lips pouting like a pig 's snout . |
| 27 | Hands on knees and lights out with a mind buzzing like a bee and the strong conviction that I should be sorting out something more tangible than my mind . |
| 28 | Macready raised his stick , cruel mouth curving like a second scar , and a foot-long blade sprang out . |
| 29 | She walked the few steps towards him , her legs shaking like a toddler 's , and stood in front of him , waiting . |
| 30 | People began to move about , the hum of their voices sweeping like a wave along the bank . |