Example sentences of "[vb base] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | either we want like a lot of money , |
| 2 | I love beautiful lines , clothes that fit the body , and swing with the body , move , you know , but fit like a glove . |
| 3 | NeTpower machines are meant to look , feel and smell like a PC . |
| 4 | Before any girls get excited at the prospect of all these crotch-obsessed men packing out Glencoe bars , and rush off to join a climbing club , I should point out they also smell like a circus tarpaulin and regard ten pints of Guinness as an aperitif . |
| 5 | " But then , what else could I be when I look like a scarecrow and smell like a fox ? " |
| 6 | I was sep separate and apart from that , they would have to have a operating room and a dispensary there , you see that 's what they would have to have , I mean , if there gon na have P D S A premises , this is what you 've got to have , cos very often the animal has to be put under and all sorts of things , you know what I mean , it would n't be just an office with say like a physician and a tenants , it would be a case of a , a surgery and things in that nature which would be required by , er quite a number of animals . |
| 7 | I say like a fool . |
| 8 | Hosanna had retired to the bathroom and was sitting on the windowsill , squat like a buddha , gazing out into the night . |
| 9 | I 've noticed that most people over the age of forty whinge like a chainsaw about their memory not being as good as it used to be , or not being as good as they wish it were . |
| 10 | She gives a brief , cut-off little cry like a chirp as she comes , and sinks her teeth into my shoulder . |
| 11 | till he cry like a candle |
| 12 | Instinct was telling her to collapse against the nearest tree and cry like a baby , but instinct could go and chase itself . |
| 13 | ‘ Walk on the ceiling , or fly like a bird ? ’ |
| 14 | Offpiste spring snow is easy to ski and smooth so concentrate on regular breathing ( in as you start the turn , out as you complete it ) , think ‘ light ’ and fly like a bird . |
| 15 | Fly like a virgin ( pilot that is ) |
| 16 | I sleep like a log — a clear conscience . ’ |
| 17 | I sleep like a log and never get indigestion . |
| 18 | Tonight I shall have a few pints , take Jenny out to dinner , probably attack a nice bottle of claret , and sleep like a stone . |
| 19 | ‘ I sleep like a baby . ’ |
| 20 | I sit and fidget like a child . |
| 21 | this is not to suggest that I function like a computer ( which would be anathema to me ) , for there is always something to react to , something new to learn , or to improve . |
| 22 | For a brief moment , the terrible Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher made the lake boil and smoke like a volcano , then the fire went out and the awesome beast disappeared under the waves . |
| 23 | ( Ironic , you smoke like a chimney and the lungs are O.K. ) |
| 24 | I wan na see Pat see if she 'll look after Aaron on Friday night , but Gary says he does n't want Tim and Lorraine having him cos they smoke like a chimney |
| 25 | You speak like a lady , everyone says so , and your uncle at Weatherbury has a large farm , I 've heard . |
| 26 | Be pleasant , do n't carp , but act like a corkscrew and draw out all the information you can . |
| 27 | How dared he come to his , Philip 's place , and act like a bird shooter . |
| 28 | ‘ And that was a challenge , ’ he recalled , ‘ to spend 45 minutes with a guy and act like a spy . ’ |
| 29 | I remember once when he was talking about acting on the continent , he said , ‘ They like me because I act like a German . ’ |
| 30 | So the answer seems to be : talk like an indeterminist , act like a determinist . |