Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] like a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The passage cost £6 , or something like a year 's wages and for repayment the indenture might run from four to seven years — though they would , of course , have to be fed and clothed in that period . |
| 2 | As the months have passed , it his become clear that something like a campaign of disinformation has been waged , for reasons which can still only be guessed at . |
| 3 | Be best cut out with a sharp knife that something like a Stanley knife |
| 4 | If someone like a model says yes , I 'm gorgeous , we can all pick on her for that , saying , oh yes she 's got those looks , but what a horrible person . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'd ‘ ave a riot on your hands if summat like a transvestite walked into one of them pubs , they ca n't handle stuff like that , ’ says Mark . |
| 6 | I mean , it 's much more serious when something like a church closes . |
| 7 | When something like a murder happens , I just feel I have to sort out what really happened . |
| 8 | I howled with the pain , howled again when something like a mountain fell crushingly on me as Posi hurled us straight back up to Highlight . |
| 9 | The latter can be thought of either as something like a pointer moving across a scale to a mark labelled " here " , or ultimately as a conscious observer looking at such a pointer and saying " By Jove , the electron 's here " on this occasion . |
| 10 | Diane could n't deny his charm , even though she knew more about him than most ; he came over as something like a wind-up toy that was apt to go bashing itself into the nearest wall without guidance and protection . |