Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I usually grow it like a sheepdog to keep me warm in winter , ’ he said at the time . |
| 2 | The words cut me like a sword . |
| 3 | But if you put something like a wall with a slit in it in the way of the particle , the particle paths can spread out beyond the slit . |
| 4 | ‘ If that man hurts my sister , I 'll find him , and kill him like a dog . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I will find that man , and kill him like a dog . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Because firstly she feels embarrassed at not knowing much about art , and secondly she 's still struggling with the fact that you mould her like a piece of clay in every painting . ’ |
| 7 | The casual cruelty of his words cut her like a knife . |
| 8 | She might feel compelled to attack him physically at any moment and he was alarming enough to convince her that he would lift her in the air , shake her like a rag doll and toss her over a crag . |
| 9 | remove it like a tumour … |
| 10 | I told Bagshot to lock the clubs in the baggage-room and watch them like a hawk . ’ |
| 11 | I watch them like a glass |
| 12 | ‘ It will not happen again — the image of the club is important and I 'll just have to try and accept any punishment the FA give me like a man . |
| 13 | When Appio did not listen to her she would get angry , lift him like a feather and set him on top of a chest of drawers . |
| 14 | Draw it like a magnet , your type does . |
| 15 | Well it 's you do n't spell it like cupboard you spell it like a cup board . |
| 16 | But it is impossible for me not to feel that my body is other than I , that I inhabit it like a house , and that my face is a mask which , with or without my consent , conceals my real nature from others . ’ |
| 17 | Should I hide the flowers behind my back and produce them like a conjuror ? |
| 18 | You see the thing is produce something like a pyon you have to create enough energy to make it , and in order to create enough energy the you have to produce particles colliding at very high speeds , and in order to produce these particles you have to accelerate them . |
| 19 | I know what I 'm doing , and I tell the producer just film it like a football match . ’ |
| 20 | But , as he rode , a terrible curiosity began to rise up in him and prick him like a gimlet . |
| 21 | If I give a hitcher a lift I expect social interaction and ca n't abide the ones that use me like a bus service , mute to the point of rudeness . |
| 22 | More than anything in the world she longed for Mark to take her into his arms and comfort her like a baby . |
| 23 | Occasionally a car would pass , fix him like a moth in its headlights , and then vanish . |
| 24 | If your weapon is long enough , use it like a bayonet , jabbing it with both hands , aiming at eyes and throat and forcing the attacker to back off ; an umbrella is excellent for this . |
| 25 | Just load it , it 's like , it 's like , you use it like a normal tape recorder , you just use it like a tape recorder |
| 26 | You just repeat it like a machine . ’ |
| 27 | You just repeat it like a machine , ’ crowed Julian . |
| 28 | You just repeat it like a machine , ’ agreed Damian . |
| 29 | I carry her like a baby in my arms . |
| 30 | When wet they twist it like a rope , and beat some large stone with it , repeating the operation till it is quite clean . |