Example sentences of "[vb base] like a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben saw Rosten 's body tauten like a compressed coil . |
| 2 | I smell like a major operation . |
| 3 | Smell like a bloody brewery . |
| 4 | Do n't put it in a plastic bag in the fridge and save it for visitors ; before you know where you are it 'll have swollen to three times its size and smell like a chemical factory . |
| 5 | Peaks that on one day will glitter like jewels against the sky , on others appear like a strange mirage , then vanish at the whim of scudding clouds . |
| 6 | Canny and careful , the Qataris had watched Abu Dhabi grow like a hot-house flower , but decided themselves to follow the path of the tortoise . |
| 7 | He is not to retaliate and must always be happy ; thankful for all the help he has received and act like a fucking Samaritan to those worse off then himself . |
| 8 | You are a natural for taking on positions of power and authority but sometimes you act like a domestic Goat instead of the mountain variety and allow yourself to become tethered to some safe little post . |
| 9 | The tree roots act like a giant sponge when the rain falls , drawing up water from the ground which is then given off as vapour through the leaves . |
| 10 | There are punching sound effects and speech ( via the internal speaker or sound card ) but the boxers react like a stuffed dummy when they 've been punch . |
| 11 | But when he looked up , the dwarf above him was standing , arms limp like a ragged doll , staring dully down at the crossbow bolt buried in his stomach . |
| 12 | Air swishes around the cavern as eighty-eight pairs of wings unfold like a complicated puzzle . |
| 13 | The Boards ' lines of defence against this — replacement costs were hypothetical and difficult to estimate , tax complications might follow — read like a weary defence of the status quo , but the Ministry did in the end accept that their creation of special ad hoc depreciation reserves did go some way to meeting the point . |
| 14 | He also said that you attack like a well-trained guard dog . |
| 15 | Unable to restrain the anger that welled up within him , Richmann swung his cut-down Winchester round and , with an animal roar , blew the man 's head open like a dropped melon . |
| 16 | It 's all good fun , for sure , but without Lowery 's unique wit , the Monks sound like a kooky bar band : entertaining , in an inconsequential , drinking-soundtrack kind of way , but hardly worth a second listen . |
| 17 | ‘ Miss Greene — I know I sound like a deuced newspaper reporter … ’ |
| 18 | You sound like a distracted mother of ten , ’ laughed Susan , and added a moment later : ‘ Poor Breeze , it 's very hard on you , having all these burdens thrust on your shoulders . |
| 19 | ‘ We sound like a married couple . ’ |
| 20 | I know I sound like a bloody know-all , but all I can say is , if that satisfies the police doctor , it does n't satisfy me . ’ |
| 21 | You sound like a Victorian miss . |
| 22 | Whittering on and on like that , you sound like a blooming Lefty ! |
| 23 | He was using his ‘ goon 's ’ voice , the one he put on when he wanted to make himself sound like a harmless imbecile . |
| 24 | Made even you sound like a board-school lad at the pit-face . |
| 25 | Er , I think they sound like a good set of people you can work with , though . |
| 26 | I sound like a nagging father . |
| 27 | You sound like a bad play ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You sound like a jealous wife , ’ he remarked flippantly . |
| 29 | In this relaxed , sun-dappled atmosphere of banyan trees , velvet sand and wide horizons , the Maldives seem like a lost corner of the globe , waiting to be stumbled across by some shipwrecked mariner . |
| 30 | You seem like a nice guy . |