Example sentences of "[verb] from [pers pn] like [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here and there logs surfaced from it like the inclined hulls of sinking ships . |
| 2 | Reluctantly she made her way back to the house , then gave a gasp of dismay as Penry erupted from it like a rocket . |
| 3 | The cat withdrew from her like a sooty ghost and stole away along the slope towards the standing stone . |
| 4 | He was standing behind her now , and she could feel the energy emanating from him like a tangible force . |
| 5 | She shook her hips , and the flimsy garment fell from her like a leaf from a tree , revealing her glorious nudity . |
| 6 | At dawn he walked again , and coming to a boating lake he drank from it like a horse , and filled his rubber bag . |
| 7 | Frederica could not see Alexander at all : indeed she had noted he was not there : she stared around and around now at colourless air and sand as though he might rise from them like a mirage . |