Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] like some " in BNC.
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| 1 | We almost convince ourselves that the music is created not by the orchestra but by the tip of the baton itself , rich sounds oozing out like some exotic genie . |
| 2 | She was so busy with the Maxim , however , that she failed to notice the door opening fully behind her , and Richmann stepping through like some black-cloaked angel of death , his shortened Winchester being raised into position . |
| 3 | He would not leave his quarters , holing up like some manic , wounded beast , pacing back and forth , drinking , pausing to spout unbelievably complex monologues on genetic theory , which to Zambia sounded more like the ravings of a demented priest . |
| 4 | An early-morning mist hung over Branchester , the cathedral rising up like some ghostly fairy-tale palace while cobwebs glistened on iron railings and moisture dripped from the branches of the lime trees that fringed the roads . |
| 5 | God , we 've only just met and you 're coming on like some rampant nut-eater . |
| 6 | It would teach him to strut about Lothian and Cumbria , treating Siward like some English underling . |
| 7 | ‘ You 've been making a fool of yourself , dripping around like some lovesick teenager . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not sitting here like some little woman standing by my man , like Tammy Wynette , ’ said Hillary . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you going to stop sitting there like some goddammed statue and fill me in on what 's going on in your head ? ’ |
| 10 | Biting her lip hard to prevent herself screaming at him to stop sitting there like some damned great Buddha she busied herself finding soap powder for the machine , and in her agitation knocked the packet over , spilling powder all over the floor . |