Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] like a " in BNC.

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1 Suddenly its noise was distinct and loud like a tractor coming over the western horizon .
2 The screens should be removed from the reception desk to make it more friendly and less like a bank .
3 In 1844 Youatt described two types of Sussex : one closer to the Devon stock , being smaller , light and agile , the other larger and more like a Hereford except that its coat colour was whole .
4 She seemed to be eased by talking of her daughter , and by the time she stopped , apologetically , and drank some tea poured for her by Catherine , she looked exhausted but less like a wraith .
5 Whether or not he was altogether comfortable in such a role is another matter ; when Lawrence Durrell once suggested to him that he was not a Christian at all but more like a Buddhist or a primitive he replied only with a question , " Perhaps they have n't found me out yet ? "
6 It looks more and more like a cover for a pax americana .
7 John Smith sounds more and more like a left-of-centre Conservative minister .
8 The more unkind observers have already wondered whether it looks rather two-faced or even like a pair of out of shape knickers .
9 Victor , fatter and balder and more like a bilious little hippo than ever , was obviously enjoying playing the O'Briens off against the Mendozas .
10 And your arms grow all hairy and muscly like a man 's and you get very keen on boxing and tossing the caber . ’
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