Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [vb pp] like a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed as bright as day out on the newly-laid forecourt and it was as if she 'd been caught by the lights , trapped and dazed like a rabbit on a long country road . |
| 2 | She had come and gone like a shadow . |
| 3 | Now it looked grubby , collapsed and marked like a very old deck of cards . |
| 4 | For a moment there she had looked and sounded like a rockhard loan-shark reclaiming an ugly debt . |
| 5 | And he had looked and behaved like a wild Indian , Carew thought with a feeling of wonder . |
| 6 | A wolf bounded into the place of tents , stopped and straightened like a man . |
| 7 | The idea that a player was bound to a company for the rest of his life , and could be bought and sold like a chattel with no real say in the matter , went out of the window because it offended against the principles of individuality . |
| 8 | A TEENAGER who claims he was horse whipped and treated like a slave by his foster parents was expelled from school for disruptive behaviour , Mold Crown Court heard . |
| 9 | Festering hatred , nurtured and cultivated like a precious plant for half a lifetime , is good stuff for the novelist , but does it happen ? |
| 10 | Her boyfriend , having disappeared during her pregnancy , returned and acted like a concerned father for a few months after the baby was born , even coming to live in Joanne 's house , but then left as suddenly as he had come , and all the family feel very bitter about this . |