Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] like the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when it were made like the sawdust , some of that had got on our |
| 2 | The ultimate source is Sir John Hawkins , who remarks , in what appears to be a personal recollection , that Handel had ‘ a favourite Rucker harpsichord , the keys whereof , by incessant practise , were hollowed like the bowl of a spoon ’ In justice to Hawkins it must be stated that he does have a reputation for being , for his time , a careful scholar , so it is unfortunate that this brief , almost casual remark , should have been embellished with a little fanciful romancing that appears to be added only to enliven his text with some colourful anecdote . |
| 3 | The first bogies used at Wolverton were designed after the American model , and were constructed like the underframe then in use , partly of iron and partly of timber . |
| 4 | Well I thought it was done like the army , army volunteer line so let's get on |
| 5 | His face was creviced like the bark of an old oak . |
| 6 | After the Conflagration ( his Monument being broken ) somebody made a little hole towards the upper edge of his Coffin , which was closed like the coffin of a Pye and was full of a Liquour which conserved the body . |
| 7 | The final " shit " was pronounced like the pop of a bullet from a rifle . |
| 8 | The wall was long gone , the divided city was united like the country . |