Example sentences of "[v-ing] there like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There he was a-sitting there like a scaly old bull . ’ |
| 2 | Say summat instead of lying there like a great mawker . ’ |
| 3 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 4 | Well tough he 's not getting my , he 's not getting the ensuite room , I can tell you If I if I have got three lodgers and I 'm getting on with them and they 're they 're paying me regularly for the sake of an extra twenty pounds or whatever and the annoyance from Tony coming in at ten a or there abouts and then sitting there like a stuffed frock waiting for me to leap about and put food on a plate and microwave it not doing it , Brenda ! |
| 5 | ‘ Shamus sitting there like a stuck pig , and Kevin lookin' at his teacup . |
| 6 | He was suspended in mid-air , dangling there like a useless , discarded puppet . |