Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] like the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When his firm first experimented with making a combine-harvester , the blades they used on the cutter were smooth-edged like the swap-hook , or scythe , or the blades on a reaper-binder . |
| 2 | Even her fingernails were perfect like the ones to be bought in shops , but natural , unvarnished , each curving its way up from a pale , expressive finger to a delicate point . |
| 3 | The good ones were those like the Gurkhas and Queen Salote who were part of the Empire and the baddies were nasty little creatures like the Japs or Koreans — or Germans . |
| 4 | Every scratch and whisper was loud like the crackles in the silent moments of a film . |
| 5 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
| 6 | he saw from the start that Piggy was a clever boy with many qualities , and he did not care about what Piggy looked like , but he knew as well that Piggy was evil like the rest of them . |
| 7 | There is a curiously dull feel to the LP , like Marley was burnt-out like the spliff on the back . |
| 8 | Each china object was ribboned like the jug and basin , in appropriately lesser proportions Towels hung neatly on a mahogany towel-rail , hinged in two parts like a screen , behind which stood a slop-pail and a deep foot bath . |
| 9 | The infirmary was quiet like the chapel and had a strange smell . |