Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] like [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Walk on the ceiling , or fly like a bird ? ’ |
| 2 | They may be eagle-eyed or watch like a lynx . |
| 3 | Then he turned to his wife and addressed her in words that cut like a knife . |
| 4 | The rivers of Europe and America contain animals that look like the lancelet , though they are somewhat larger , up to 20 centimetres long . |
| 5 | Ed and Johnny were sporting foolish party hat and blowing those paper things that uncurl like a chameleon 's tongue and go baarrrp . |
| 6 | that 's what I said , so that come like a prayer from heaven it did |
| 7 | But what I 'm wearing now I 'll be wearing in a year or eighteen months , it does n't chop and change like a fashion ; the meaning it has now is the same one it will have in eighteen months ' time . |
| 8 | Furthermore , at a time of indeterminacy and change like the present , where there is frequently no strong institutional ideology to subscribe to , individual values matter all the more . |
| 9 | It seemed as if the phone itself was in paroxysm , all squawk and splat like a cabby 's radio . |
| 10 | ‘ And skulk like a fox ? |
| 11 | I had to dive in the corner and make like a garden gnome … ’ |
| 12 | NeTpower machines are meant to look , feel and smell like a PC . |
| 13 | " But then , what else could I be when I look like a scarecrow and smell like a fox ? " |
| 14 | Offpiste spring snow is easy to ski and smooth so concentrate on regular breathing ( in as you start the turn , out as you complete it ) , think ‘ light ’ and fly like a bird . |
| 15 | Fly.now , Creggan , and fly like the eagle we all might be . |
| 16 | Tonight I shall have a few pints , take Jenny out to dinner , probably attack a nice bottle of claret , and sleep like a stone . |
| 17 | Enough to have Jay fly home on the wings of Peter Pan and sleep like an angel . |
| 18 | Instinct was telling her to collapse against the nearest tree and cry like a baby , but instinct could go and chase itself . |
| 19 | I sit and fidget like a child . |
| 20 | In a poignant soliloquy , watching smoke curl into the sky like an ethereal question mark , he exclaims , ‘ Ah , human beings — they tremble and worry like a leaf in the storm because they know and because they do n't know . ’ |
| 21 | Taste it , savour it — do n't simply chew and swallow , chew and swallow like a robot , hardly even knowing what you are eating . |
| 22 | How dared he come to his , Philip 's place , and act like a bird shooter . |
| 23 | ‘ And that was a challenge , ’ he recalled , ‘ to spend 45 minutes with a guy and act like a spy . ’ |
| 24 | Mr Newby , the teacher nominally in charge , would suck a mint and listen like the rest of us . |
| 25 | I know I 'm no end of a brute , and roar like a bear when I lose my temper , but there 's no need to be quite so distressed by my presence . |
| 26 | For a brief moment , the terrible Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher made the lake boil and smoke like a volcano , then the fire went out and the awesome beast disappeared under the waves . |
| 27 | Or hide behind the curtains and bark like a Rottweiler . |
| 28 | They 're compelled to infest other races and multiply like a cancer within . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Moss stitch is best for ties otherwise they tend to curl up at the edges and look like a drain pipe . ’ |
| 30 | To discount the commentary or , worse , the story and look like a hawk at the passing background requires no little effort of concentration . |