Example sentences of "[coord] more like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Johnny 's wallet lay next to the stud box , and feeling more and more like a sneak-thief , she opened it and looked inside . |
| 2 | It looks more and more like a cover for a pax americana . |
| 3 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 4 | Maisie had told him he was ‘ getting more and more like a spaceman ’ . |
| 5 | The council tax is looking more and more like a repeat of the ghastly poll tax . ’ |
| 6 | Sussex , some long-haired , denim-clad veteran of the sixties complained , was looking more and more like a housing estate for first-time buyers . |
| 7 | It is difficult to resist the conclusion that it is Parliament , not the law , which is in danger of looking more and more like an ass . |
| 8 | And the après ski is less like a Martini commercial and more like an episode of Colditz . |
| 9 | She looked so different in the blue dress ; still fat , but more like a schoolgirl might do , and she seemed as light on her feet as a dancer . |
| 10 | Whether or not he was altogether comfortable in such a role is another matter ; when Lawrence Durrell once suggested to him that he was not a Christian at all but more like a Buddhist or a primitive he replied only with a question , " Perhaps they have n't found me out yet ? " |
| 11 | She liked wearing the cap ; it made her feel different , as did the long grey coat that went down to the top of her boots , because then she did not feel like Millie Forester , whose mother and father were dead and had no-one belonging to her , except the fat woman and the man with short legs , but more like a princess who , every now and again , donned strange clothes and went out among the common people , and was kind to them , and yet always remained a princess under the disguise . |
| 12 | I was here once , he thought , stirred by a recollection that was not at all like an ordinary memory but more like a flash of déjà vu about some great happiness known before he was born . |
| 13 | Although he has always given strong leadership , Jan Hoet has not acted by divine right but more like a president , encouraging an on-going debate between the exhibition 's four curators . |