Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] like [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huge volumes of plant material flow through them like a river , all the day long . |
| 2 | ‘ He used to get through them like a packet of Polo mints apparently . |
| 3 | Now , my happiness curls through me like a vine . |
| 4 | He stared at me , and his eyes went through me like a trident through a fish . |
| 5 | ‘ Something instantly circulated through me like an essence of fire , and striding with wider steps I determined to go at once for my model , to begin tomorrow and to make the most of my actual situation . |
| 6 | She had n't mentioned David Markham but his presence had hung between them like a spectre and his name had n't been mentioned since . |
| 7 | ‘ And during those two weeks in Grasmere , Mrs Moore became convinced that you would — ’ again the blank and again the word was conjured up between them like a spirit conjured from the mountain . |
| 8 | Not that what I say makes any difference , because these two are still eyeing each other like welterweights at the weigh-in , and Darius stands between them like a referee . |
| 9 | They brought him into the yard lolling between them like a rag doll — arms draped over their shoulders . |
| 10 | The silence stretched between them like a length of tightly pulled elastic , and in the silence Alyssia could feel the hammering of her heart like a physical pain . |
| 11 | The words vibrated in the air between them like the aftermath of an explosion . |
| 12 | " As England is Denmark 's faithful tributary … as love between them like the palm might flourish , etcetera … that on the knowing of this contents , without delay of any kind , should those bearers , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern , put to sudden death " ( He double takes . |
| 13 | I might 've guessed the worst when the scrum fell apart for me like the Red Sea . |
| 14 | I would be looking for someone like the Beresfords ' youngest daughter — innocence , childlike freshness and beauty . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I ran after them like a demon and I 'd do it again , ’ Iris said yesterday . |
| 16 | Alice ran after him like the wind . |
| 17 | Otherwise he 'd have been down the line after us like a shot . |
| 18 | Quigley ran towards me like a kid let out of primary school . |
| 19 | He came down the lane towards me like a man sleep-walking . |
| 20 | He moved his heels slightly and the horse edged towards me like a police horse controlling a crowd . |
| 21 | I implored him , seeing the pain coming towards me like a shadow . |
| 22 | They could see his headlight beam picked out beneath the gas layer , as it swept the area , then lifting up towards them like a searchlight cutting through cloud . |
| 23 | The panorama of the estuary was spread out below them like a landscape masterpiece . |
| 24 | I stood back and she went past me like a ship sailing into war . |
| 25 | Think of me like a ladybird ! |
| 26 | Ruth sparkled in the midst of them like a jewel in cobwebs . |
| 27 | Then , ducking his head under , he tried to free Gomez 's legs but the line was in and out of them like a cat 's cradle . |
| 28 | It was the lack of physical strength and heart shown by certain Spurs defenders as Villa swept past them like a claret and blue tidal wave . |
| 29 | The one who rides that horse of his like a madman . |
| 30 | Colin diverges slightly from the McKenna party line that psychedelics should be taken on your own with the help of someone like a psychotherapist , and for illumination rather than recreation . |