Example sentences of "[was/were] like the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The windows were like the windows of the children 's ward where Baby used to be , of white glass which you could n't see through . |
| 2 | The Chinese imagined that the Scots were like the Albanians — and appropriately enough we were taken to the Sino-Albanian Friendship Commune . ) |
| 3 | The British , it says in effect , were like the Nazis ; they too were war criminals . |
| 4 | Libby stared at the man 's eyes ; they were blue , but she did n't take in the colour , just the fact that they did not seem to see her , they looked at something else They were like the eyes of the blind man in Mallow , which looked everywhere but did not see as he tapped along the pavement . |
| 5 | The two grappling at a conversation on the porch — one a capable wrestler in his time ( famous local wrestlers like George Wood and himself often ended up as innkeepers ) , the other , Harrison , a contender for honours and prize money on that very day — were like the wrestlers when seeking for a grip . |
| 6 | Sometimes , Hawk was like the masters she had seen in Chinese martial arts movies , talking in parables , and drawing out his pupil 's skills through subterfuge . |
| 7 | If it was like the others it would have a metal plate set into its chest . |
| 8 | that 's er one of those upright ones in there she said yeah I thought Claire might be interested in that and so I was thinking it was like the ones we 've seen but it 's not , it 's completely round and it 's on erm like a stand like that , you know , it 's an upright |
| 9 | They 'd think it was like the things you heard on the television news , about children going missing . |
| 10 | The glow from the furnace in the steam-filled room was like the flames of hell licking out to show her the place where her father had gone . |
| 11 | Mr Ely said the operation changed their lives : ‘ It was like the heavens opening up . ’ |
| 12 | erm er but it was , it was like the bits in between that he used to slot in , you know the erm the referrals |
| 13 | It was like the conversations he had on the ‘ Carry On ’ set , embroidered for an audience whom he knew could relate to it all . |
| 14 | She was like the photographs of Hollywood film stars that she had seen once in an old copy of Picturegoer . |
| 15 | It was like the dragons . ’ |
| 16 | It was like the changing-rooms of a thousand football clubs , or schools for that matter . |
| 17 | they had bought the house , erm in erm North Uphall , a big mansion like , you know , and er , he had the business in the , he built the business in the stables , there was like the stables so he renovated and got it , it out and renovated and made a business er engineering business , er , oh , hatch , like with the house and they only paid er seventy eight thousand when they bought it and then when they 've sold it they 've got about three hundred and eighty thousand for that and he er , hire , hired now the , you know these units |
| 18 | He was like the bandleaders her Gran remembered , in a crisp collar , soothing through a megaphone . |