Example sentences of "[verb] like a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man stands like a kouros , left foot forward , but differs from one not only in the calf and the arms raised to hold it , but in having a beard and a cloak . |
| 2 | Item No. 6 : looks like a jewellers ' blow torch , having a fine patination . |
| 3 | The garden became like an ants ' nest as snaking rows of people clambered up our hillside . |
| 4 | I did n't think like a malai regular . |
| 5 | Say — ‘ You do n't look like a farmers wife ( rosy cheeks and wellies again ) . |
| 6 | Follow it around a bit this side you will see like a loads of cars . |
| 7 | ‘ THE next person who says I look like a Blues Brother , gets it , ’ says Suggs while brandishing a brolly at the Madness reunion gig on Saturday . |
| 8 | Ditherers and mums-the-worders who 'd make even the fossilised Football Association Council look like a Brains Trust . |
| 9 | Your making it sound like a heads you lose , tails you lose situation ! |
| 10 | ‘ That was not felt to be the most suitable way of proceeding in this matter , ’ he says , sounding like a police spokesman for the first time . |
| 11 | The caravan has a canopy , disabled access and has been painted to look like a police car from the back ! ’ |
| 12 | John , it sounds like a mugs ' game to me . |
| 13 | Dealers from all over the UK will be there and it sounds like a historians . |
| 14 | I 'm expecting like a lights or something are flashing so I got the off the jet wash and I 'd just about got to the where I started again it 's gone bib bib bib bib bib is that it ? |
| 15 | The news was greeted like a pools win at Windsor Park , a mix of euphoria and amazement . |
| 16 | You did n't have to be highly professional and experienced like a personnel manager has to be today . |
| 17 | There were moments when it felt like a portcullis downward-slammed between herself and the human community . |
| 18 | The settlement looked like a workers ' victory . |
| 19 | For Jarvefelt , opera needed to be illustrated like a children 's story-book of fables . |
| 20 | The winners of our Vernons Live Like a Pools Winner contest in September will all be getting the chance to sample the high life . |
| 21 | Four to follow in this year 's World Series RICK REUSCHEL ( Giants ) Age : 40 Position : Starting pitcher ( right-handed ) At 240lb and proportioned like a darts player , ‘ Big Daddy ’ is proof that you do n't need to be a super-athlete to succeed . |
| 22 | ‘ A woman cooks like a birds sings ’ is their motto . |