Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb base] like a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stick foods are currently very popular — with a lot of air in the mix they float like a Li-Lo . |
| 2 | In his comfortable living room a Transylvanian poet scoffed at the idea of protest : ‘ On a barricade you burn like a flame in seconds . |
| 3 | 1 portable chair , collapsible ( you have probably noticed that , at the very moment you feel like a quick sit-down in an old house , all the chairs suddenly develop signs saying NOT TO BE SAT UPON , and all the window-seats are occupied by NT helpers ) |
| 4 | One woman who sleeps apart from her husband said : ‘ When he comes into my room at night I feel like a girl of 18 . ’ |
| 5 | At times Lord I feel like an object |
| 6 | I HAVE JUST RETURNED from a trip to Norway , a country I find like an exaggerated version of Scotland — bigger mountains , wider moorland , wilder scenery and more extreme temperatures . |
| 7 | Under Stephen and his successor , Djuradj Branković ( 1427–56 ) , Serbia enjoyed a ‘ silver age ’ , in which Serbian national culture displayed a vigour and intensity which seem like a brave defiance in the face of the overwhelming pressures from all sides which led in 1459 to the extinction of the Serbian state . |
| 8 | People want imitation Bernard Dunstans and little feathery bits of painting which look like a painterly painting and are n't too upsetting or dramatic . |
| 9 | ‘ Why should I care what you feel when all the time you behave like a monster ? ’ she asked rhetorically . |