Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] she like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emotion stabbed her like a physical pain . |
| 2 | The sharp pang of disappointment seared her like a physical pain . |
| 3 | Arriving like a final dea ex machina , Doris 's condition makes her like an ironic version of that goddess in Tennyson 's ‘ oenone ’ , ‘ Idalian Aphrodite beautiful , / Fresh as the foam , new-bathed in paphian wells . ’ |
| 4 | The smell excited her like a pheromone , even now , three years after she had walked out on all that madness . |
| 5 | His gaze pierced her like cold steel . |
| 6 | She felt like crying as dejection hit her like a ton of bricks . |
| 7 | He was n't a part of her life any more , he had no right to treat her like this ! |
| 8 | Jealousy stung her like a wasp . |
| 9 | The way her heart seemed to squeeze inside her chest , the way her pulses seemed to skip a beat whenever Roman watched her like that , was deeply disturbing . |
| 10 | Her teased black hair surrounded her like a storm cloud . |
| 11 | But it was still a shock to see her like that , looking so old and spent . ’ |
| 12 | Shock hit her like a blow . |
| 13 | Even though she had tried to prepare herself for the possibility , the sense of shock hit her like a physical pain . |
| 14 | She opened it , the noise hit her like something solid , worse than breaks she thought grimly . |
| 15 | Quite apart from her reluctance to give her family any more ammunition to treat her like a witless child , Guy Sterne 's arrogant interference had merely burdened Charles and her father with yet another worry to add to their depressing catalogue of troubles . |
| 16 | The gibe assailed her like a blow to the pit of the stomach . |
| 17 | The knocking on the door shook her like an earthquake . |
| 18 | Sodden by the now driving rain , breathing hard from the climb , Leonora crept round the house to the cluster of outbuildings at the back , where the familiar throb of the generator welcomed her like a friend . |
| 19 | But — the thought hit her like a wave — it was already too late . |
| 20 | Craven Terrace had lost its C , and she scurried along fearing the steel-black swoop of huge birds plucking her high into the air to drop her like a snail and scoop up the pulp . |
| 21 | The scent of disaster attracted her like carrion attracts the vulture . |
| 22 | Rarely has the Turf seen her like . |
| 23 | The steam hit her like a white-hot slap . |
| 24 | The idea hit her like a thunderbolt and she spun round , heading back towards the main entrance , remembering that there was an enquiries desk there . |
| 25 | She dreamed of Fincara that night , fierce laughter ringing in her ears , magic binding her like a cold sticky web ; and woke just before dawn , too afraid even to cry . |
| 26 | Did n't it hurt his arm to hold her like this ? she wondered distractedly , but then another tremulous whimper escaped her as the hand holding her against him moved to cover her breast . |
| 27 | A spasm of pain gripped her like a vice . |
| 28 | Why should it have the power to hurt her like this ? |