Example sentences of "[prep] her like [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not dare look down , but she could feel the machine moving below her like a maddened metal beast prowling backwards and forwards in a pit , its metal jaws opening and closing , clanging and gnashing with thwarted fury . |
| 2 | She saw her future flash in front of her like a dying man 's , every day longer and emptier than the one before . |
| 3 | His prong began to thrust in and out of her like a greased piston , and she found it slipped up her arse as often as it penetrated her vagina . |
| 4 | Fat chance , she thought dismally , the prospect of two days and three nights without seeing him yawning ahead of her like the Grand Canyon . |
| 5 | Nina was half-hidden under a four-poster bed , trailing silk sheets behind her like a bridal train . |
| 6 | He encouraged her to take public baths , he saw that she ate properly — though indifferent to food himself — and behaved with her like a caring mother , the kind of affectionate mother who had always inspired him . |
| 7 | Her legs were spread wide to accommodate him , and his pecker slid into her like a warm spoon into thick cream . |
| 8 | Pain sliced into her like a sharp knife , making her close her eyes helplessly . |
| 9 | She was squashed between the seat and the wheel , the seatbelt was cutting into her like a rubber band around a swelling finger . |
| 10 | The chute billowed above her like a great lifeless bird . |
| 11 | He stood up , and he towered above her like a golden figure in one of the hospital 's many paintings . |
| 12 | He leans above her like a leafy bough |
| 13 | Nell glanced towards Delaney , feeling the unease rise in her like a fanned fire ; the feeling that the white , ordinary-looking corridor with its strip lighting and featureless walls led down to … what ? |
| 14 | Unconsciously she frowned slightly , determination building up within her like a tangible force . |
| 15 | The food she had eaten immediately seemed to stick inside her like a great lump of lead . |
| 16 | Even now the thought of that kiss , that for one moment had hovered so dangerously between them , writhed inside her like a bitter , cruel torment . |
| 17 | Excitement flickered inside her like a random spark that found itself landing in a pile of dry autumn leaves as she hardly dared consider the possibilities and what they might mean for her . |
| 18 | The secret language , the underground stream that forced through her like a river , that rose and danced inside her like the pulling jet of a fountain , that wetted her face and hands like fine spray , that joined her back to what she had lost , to something she had once intimately known , that she could hardly believe would always be there as it was now , which waited for her and called her by her name . |
| 19 | The cat withdrew from her like a sooty ghost and stole away along the slope towards the standing stone . |
| 20 | To her relief , he was as caring as a perfect knight , as his hand moved erotically against the resilient walls of her distended orifice ; until she felt him pull it from her like a huge cork . |
| 21 | He shied away from her like a startled horse . |
| 22 | She told herself not to let negative thoughts take over , but , night after night , her will-power dissolved into helplessness , and when at last she slept , her past life rose before her like a grotesque apparition . |
| 23 | Jessica drove Karen before her like an angry shepherdess . |
| 24 | She winced , the force of his brutal remark piercing through her like a sharp knife , the suggestion of other women hurting so badly that she realised with a sick sensation that she was jealous . |
| 25 | Relief surged through her like a physical infusion of new blood . |
| 26 | Now , with only the trees and the birds of the forest to see them , she was helpless against the waves of longing pounding through her like a restless ocean . |
| 27 | A storm of pain ripped through her like the indigo fingers of a tornado and carried her out on to a midnight sea . |
| 28 | She heard Adam gasp , and panic went through her like an electric shock . |
| 29 | That last taut exchange with Roman seemed to have whipped up some invisible energy that would n't let her relax , prickling through her like an electric storm . |
| 30 | Relief washed through her like an incoming tide . |