Example sentences of "[pers pn] work like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I worked like a Trojan , clearing , cleaning , painting and refurbishing , until the old solar on the ground floor of our manor house gleamed as fresh and as opulent as one of the great Halls of Cambridge . |
| 2 | Nowadays , Nouvel says , he feels more like a filmmaker , commenting that , ‘ I work like a movie director behind the camera ’ . |
| 3 | I make you work like a dog . |
| 4 | Everywhere she went she worked like a trooper and her wonderful smile let you know she was enjoying everything she did . |
| 5 | And I make him work like a dog ! |
| 6 | Apart from the penalty he worked like a beaver . |
| 7 | He says he worked like a pansy he said and now he says I go |
| 8 | It worked like a charm ! |
| 9 | It worked like a news bureau . |
| 10 | Do not be misled , however , into thinking that it works like a spreadsheet because it is only a grid for entering figures and can not perform any calculations for you . |
| 11 | It works like a CHARM ! |
| 12 | But let me first applaud the coupling : it works like a charm . |
| 13 | It works like a charm . |
| 14 | ‘ He works like a beaver for Darlington . ’ |
| 15 | He works like a mule ( 1852 ) ; he lives a life which would kill three rhinos ( 1872 ) ; he works ‘ like XV oxen ’ ( 1878 ) ; though he advises Louise Colet to burrow away at her work like a mole ( 1853 ) . |