Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] like some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thunder and lightning cracked and roared outside like some electric avalanche — and following immediately upon it came the enraged roaring of Something from Hell . |
| 2 | His eyes were open , but his face was such a fearful mask of blood , foam , vomit and earth that he looked more like some demon-creature than a rabbit . |
| 3 | This passage or corridor was carpeted in moss green , now faded and stained in places from water and the urine of nervous animals , so that it looked more like some natural substance , moss or close-cut turf , than man-made carpet . |
| 4 | She looked now like some domestic cleaning device , mouth open for household filth . |
| 5 | She had not entirely lost the gipsy look of her earlier manifestations , but now , more ambitiously attired , appeared more like some sort of stage character , a dressed-up Bohemian , an artist 's model , or an adventuress in disguise . |
| 6 | Above , a Stygian tubeway arched upward like some intestine within the wall . |