Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] like [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , his skin glowed more healthily and his halo of hair gleamed like the outer circle of the sun . |
| 2 | The office air-conditioning chugged like a two-stroke engine . |
| 3 | From the outside , murder looked like a quiet , sensible alternative to divorce . |
| 4 | But it was nice in the winter — time too when the snow lay like a thick , white blanket over the house and the fields beyond it . |
| 5 | The result looked like an insidious , grey-green growth lopped off an otherwise healthy young tree to protect its trunk . |
| 6 | In the light of the fly leaf , the end of my penis looked like a peeled pomegranate . |
| 7 | The irreversibility of her mutilation lay like a fallen tree across her spirit . |
| 8 | In the late 1970s and early 1980s , the home computer boom looked like a major consumer success in the making . |
| 9 | This talk fell like a heavy stone upon my heart … |
| 10 | The agent smiled like a death-dealing doctor and said , " Oh I think , after Prehistoric , we 're looking at five . " |
| 11 | I do not think Palacegate Episode ran like a 2-5 shot so we will wrap it up for her this season . ’ |
| 12 | Lucien had also been warned that Mandru 's liberal attitude towards his Ixmaritians was misleading ; his demesne ran like a well-oiled machine , and he abhorred waste . |
| 13 | here , gravel combed like a placid sea |
| 14 | The the , the two the big window made like the other one on the other side and er , what else was erm oh , to have the heater serviced |
| 15 | In a way , he was able to vent his frustrations in his boxing and his sport became like a cathartic experience ; it provided a perfect outlet for his aggression . |
| 16 | The sun rose like a tarnished |
| 17 | The lights in the pub flickered like a fluttering heart , a clenching and rumbling nervous gut . |
| 18 | The stain looked like a squashed tropical insect . |
| 19 | It should , however , be enough to say that the Enigma machine looked like a large , clumsy , old-fashioned typewriter . |
| 20 | Beyond the window the desert looked like the tough dry hide of some prehistoric beast . |
| 21 | Great winter looked like a precious gem , reflecting rainbow colours from one angle . |
| 22 | The lady looked like a female incarnation of Satan . |
| 23 | A pallid sun appeared like a nosy neighbour spying from behind lace curtains . |
| 24 | The rising sun appeared like a swollen red ball suspended low in the tenuous mist . |
| 25 | Far in the distance the fires of Pere village shimmered like the electric lights of a city . |
| 26 | Dorothea stayed in the sunlit kitchen with her tea , happy at the letter , her loss of purpose , her anxiety dissipated like a past illness , already wondered at , the symptoms forgotten . |
| 27 | The classroom glowed like a sweet shop . |
| 28 | ‘ Business seemed like an attractive idea and I wanted to learn about finance first , ’ he offers as an explanation . |
| 29 | The first whispering breeze came like a hot breath and Wexford closed his windows . |
| 30 | I had n't noticed , but the room stank like a Lebanese spice rack . |