Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] in like a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I charged in like a bull . |
| 2 | He 'd shifted a lot of linen , some bags of which weighed in like a circus fat lady . |
| 3 | At least have some wine , to put the colour back in your face ; you came in like a ghost . |
| 4 | You came in like a maniac , moving against the flow of traffic , and you 've taken my place ! ’ |
| 5 | Oh Richard I love having you round here , when you come in like a light in the dark how I enjoy your painting , your polite conversations , the way that you move it 's all so |
| 6 | Then the Birmingham Small Arms Company revealed after many a summer that the car she sat in like a burnished throne , and even some of the furs she wore , were not provided by her Prince Charming , Sir Bernard , but by them , the nuts and bolts firm of which he was chairman , as a business expense which they were no longer happy to provide . |
| 7 | ITN reporter Nicholson said : ‘ We want her to settle in like a normal British schoolgirl . ’ |
| 8 | And could we take this yellow one off we 'll find it fits in like a wall , like that look . |
| 9 | He walked in like a culprit . |
| 10 | If he lands on a tree or on the ground he sticks in like a dart , and even if he survives the impact he wo n't be able to free himself easily . |
| 11 | ‘ When the sea gets to the base of that , the tide 's already too high , and it comes in like a horse trotting , as they say . |
| 12 | Then it comes in like a tingling feeling . |
| 13 | She asked me to join in like a kind of guinea pig and keep a weekly budget . |