Example sentences of "[adv] like a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhat like a dolls ' house the building was formerly the Congregational Mission Hall opened in 1872 . |
| 2 | Grateful though he was — and there are few examples of anyone more grateful and generous than he was to those who had in any way helped him or even just been around in the bad times — he was not going to be craven or knuckle down like a goody-two-shoes . |
| 3 | Well I do n't think that 's much like a rolls royce . |
| 4 | For all Arnim 's reputation for acerbic wit , in characters and style and ( mutatis mutandis ) in plot , this abridged version is exactly like a girls ' school story of 50 or 60 years ago , even to Lady Caroline 's nickname , Scrap , and the one amazing coincidence that makes fulfilment possible for Rose . |
| 5 | It was exactly like a children 's tea party , complete with squabbling and displays of temperament . |
| 6 | During the mid phases of running stride , the carbon plate contracts , just like a vaulters bent pole , to collect and store energy . |
| 7 | It is not like a pools entry when one can mark an X for no publicity . |
| 8 | Thick Ethernet uses a DB-15 connector with 15 pins , rather like a games port . |
| 9 | In this box she showed him a long thick green book , a little like an accounts book , with sombre marbled endpapers : |
| 10 | It 's more like a childrens ' afternoon TV show than a science lesson , but there 's a message in every device . |
| 11 | That sounds more like an EastEnders plot . |
| 12 | This proved rather funny because when we went round a sharp bend , the cupboard door flew open , the porta-potty rolled out like a cheap-thrills show , and on the next bend it rolled back in again and the door closed ! |
| 13 | Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in |
| 14 | It was magnificently low-slung , almost like a sports car , but with four plush leather seats and a thrusting bonnet . |
| 15 | each cluster is careering forward like a bolas . |