Example sentences of "[to-vb] it like [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will notice that the comments do pay attention to spelling , but that the main purpose of the response is to show the pupil that he has achieved what he set out to do , that is , to write it like a court report , and to include the main information from the story . |
| 2 | While the lull in the firing persisted , the Magistrate ordered earth to be thrown over the rotting mountain of offal in order to cover it like the crust of a pie . |
| 3 | He decided to play it like a bunker shot , nothing fancy because we were three in the lead ; he only wanted to put it out on the fairway and make a par 5 . |
| 4 | ‘ It has been said that ‘ it is excellent to have a giant 's strength , but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant . ’ |
| 5 | They used to use it like a canal ; anything that could n't be moved easily by land , they 'd stick it on a boat . |
| 6 | In fact I even found myself trying to diagnose it like an illness , analysing it in terms of location , sensation , modalities , concomitants . ’ |
| 7 | The trainer believes he still has time to get Rodrigo de Triano back to peak fitness for the 2,000 Guineas but stresses that the colt will not take his place in the Classic if the ground softens up : ‘ If there is even a touch of soft , he wo n't run ; he needs to have it like a road . ’ |
| 8 | I think the problem is , that at the moment sex education is so arbitrary and it varies from school to school and from house to house I think they have to make it like a core part of the curriculum , make it compulsory and make it uniform throughout the country , so everybody 's getting the same education , the same quality I think that 'll help . |
| 9 | My daughter used to make it like a nativity |
| 10 | Oh yes and a filter to make it like the cap of my handcream tube looking out of my handbag and on the dressing-table . |