Example sentences of "[is] like [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is like looking at the menu in a French restaurant . |
| 2 | Looking down one of the Avenues is like looking at the inversion of a sunset . |
| 3 | If you know how to read the ocean , it is like looking at the stars : you can see what is happening not only far away but also long ago . |
| 4 | Which is why Londoners north of the Thames think going south of the river is like stumbling into the left-over servants ' quarters , down in the basement where decent folks do n't go . |
| 5 | For him , looking at X-rays is like going to the theatre or watching a good film . |
| 6 | I imagine they walked in silence for some way after that ; putting a new idea into someone 's imagination , even if that imagination belongs to the cleverest young Fellow of the very grandest college , is like turning on the television — it takes a little time for the set to warm up . |
| 7 | It is like turning to the end of the story before you begin reading it , to find out if the bad dies got their just deserts , or the good guys won . |
| 8 | Practically each one began by saying , ‘ This is like coming to the Headmaster 's study . ’ |
| 9 | Waiting for Jane 's Addiction to come on is like waiting at the altar — there are moments when you 're certain they will blow you out . |
| 10 | Binding off is like backstitching on the machine . |
| 11 | In a moment of weary despair , he turns to a colleague and says , ‘ It 's like pissing into the wind ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's like jumping off the roof of a three-storey house , ’ he said , ‘ and then having the house chase you down the street . ’ |
| 13 | But looking into the future , well , that 's like looking for the bottom of the river , is n't it ? |
| 14 | ‘ It 's like looking through the wrong end of a telescope . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's like looking down the side of a mountain , ’ she said . |
| 16 | It 's like living in the Arabian Nights . |
| 17 | She says it 's like standing on the edge of a crevasse . |
| 18 | When I 'm under them , it 's like standing in the sun . |
| 19 | Stanley Spencer said that when you paint a face , it 's like crawling across the landscape of that face . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's like going into the scent counter at Harrods , ’ I said . |