Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] like [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And these people took them in cleaned them up put them in like a bloody sheet , and all sorts he said |
| 2 | She had enticed them in like an old witch , Val said , by talking volubly to them in the garden about the quietness of the place , giving them each a small , gold , furry apricot from the espaliered trees along the curving brick wall . |
| 3 | I suppose that the ‘ great bloke ’ who lives next door … the dearest friend … is used to all that … hands you on like a bloody parcel at the end of the evening . ’ |
| 4 | He also scared the daylights out of us when he said : ‘ If you put down anything I do n't like , I 'll hunt you down like a shit-house rat ’ . |
| 5 | Her marrying Dad did n't screw me up like the other two . |
| 6 | He was playing with her emotions , stringing them out like a taut band that would snap at the slightest pressure . |
| 7 | ‘ She 'll sort me out like a good Daily Telegraph lady , ’ Arlott had said when she first came to look after them at Alresford . |
| 8 | She followed him slowly up the stairs , and her heart dragged her down like a leaden weight . |
| 9 | Inside her , there was a small life forming , something precious and wonderful ; but there was also a deadness in her , weighing her down like a physical burden , a burden that grew harder to bear with every passing day . |
| 10 | She had fought him off like a veritable wildcat when he 'd slung a few well-deserved insults at her , and then had had the gall to deny she had turned traitor , although her brother held his castle for Matilda , and God only knew what she , herself , had done for the Empress . |
| 11 | They rang room service , then she had to push him off like a young puppy . |
| 12 | Wycliffe came out into the sunshine , blinking ; Emily saw him off like an old friend . |
| 13 | He knew that in this berserk state those horns could open him up like a ripe melon . |
| 14 | If Clinton were to win the nomination , claimed Kerrey , Bush would use the issue to " open him up like a soft peanut " . |
| 15 | Gloria poured her a spoonful from each bottle every day and said that 's why she was tough as old boots , because she always swallowed it down like a good girl . |
| 16 | He seemed to examine the word , turning it over like a rare gem . |
| 17 | ‘ Lapping it up like a weak kitten , ’ thought Fergus . |
| 18 | This does n't help , setting it all down , discussing it , unravelling it and rolling it up like a dead tongue . |
| 19 | Naturally , I can resist anything but flattery and lapped it up like a hungry cat does milk . |
| 20 | He was simply doing her hair , fluffing it out like a real hairdresser . |
| 21 | Sophie grabbed the cord that encircled her throat , holding it out like a tight collar . |