Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him like an " in BNC.
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| 1 | This weighed on him like an inactive dreadnought suit of combat armour , imprisoning him ; and he sought his enhanced clarity , as it were , to restore power to that suit . |
| 2 | The light from the launderette had shone upon him like an arc lamp . |
| 3 | Australia beckoned to him like an uncut diamond . |
| 4 | ‘ We have to think ahead now , ’ Cameron began , but Donald was staring at him like an enemy . |
| 5 | But she snapped , ‘ I 'm not tired , I 'm not , ’ glaring at him like an enemy , and he felt a sour weariness at the prospect of the long , white night ahead of them . |
| 6 | Moran 's high-strung nervousness , which was usually concealed by slow , deliberate movements , was all on show as he looked about him like an animal in unknown territory and tore open the envelope . |
| 7 | Every one of the dead men ached in him like an amputation . |
| 8 | It felt to him like an hour before Nutty stopped Midnight again . |
| 9 | Master of his own hardware universe , pedals and effects spread before him like an airline pilot 's bewildering cockpit or the useless junk at some bum 's feet on a New York sidewalk , this little lot transforms him from frizzy-head potato face misery into a full-blown magician . |
| 10 | As the thought struck him he felt a sudden wild dizziness , and fatigue ran through him like an electrical surge . |
| 11 | His words combined with Davide 's torpor to close around him like an iron lung , though the sweat brought on by his pace was now increased by terror . |
| 12 | Culley stood behind him like an invigilator . |
| 13 | Bunny sat on him like an angel , as though glued to the saddle , handling him beautifully and gently . |