Example sentences of "[vb infin] like a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though the spreadsheet will act like a financial calculator and tell you all about your savings plan there is something to be said for actually seeing your money grow . |
| 2 | The false idea of God will act like a tight collar on faith , cramping its style , confining its movements , throttling the full freedom of the wider truth . |
| 3 | It 's a microchip which , when inserted into some part of the chair , will act like an electronic identity tag . |
| 4 | Please ask his advice and then go and get your books , and let's behave like a normal family . |
| 5 | The day she could behave like a real bitch , thought Camille , would be the day she was truly adult , and she envisaged in anticipation the bodies of advertising executives and the makers of video films lying staring with sightless eyes at the city 's polluted skies , slain by the detailed revelations of her insight into their characters . |
| 6 | The assumption was that each institution would behave like a mini polis , in which all full members of the community would be actively involved in its corporate life . |
| 7 | There is nothing I can do about that for he harms himself , but I must still behave like a dutiful son and observe a son 's obligations . ’ |
| 8 | The energy of the field in those regions would behave like a cosmological constant . |
| 9 | Western diplomats wonder why Mr Suharto , a man who has near royal status in Indonesia , should behave like an everyday politician who likes to see his name in print . |
| 10 | He remembered the vivid sunsets of his boyhood and the way the sun would hang like a crimson ball above the edge of the trees surrounding their house and then plunge out of sight as if it had been dropped in a moment of carelessness . |
| 11 | The Bridge could unravel like an old pullover . ’ |
| 12 | Resolved not to do anything but wait like a good worker . |
| 13 | And as he did so he continued to speak , letting his voice rise and fall like a flowing stream , lulling the sleeping child . |
| 14 | It would fall like a rotten fruit into Soviet Hands . |
| 15 | The coffee cup is a round white lake , the salesgirl 's laughter echoes for miles and for hours , the inadequate lasagna will fall like a ravaged sierra . |
| 16 | Mummy was there it did n't feel like a long day did it ? |
| 17 | The ulcer in both sexes has a hard floor , which may feel like a small button just under the skin surface , varying in size from the barely discernible to the size of a finger-nail . |
| 18 | They made me feel like a dirty slag and serve me right for getting pregnant . |
| 19 | It is a sad sight for not only is it a famous Belfast landmark but to anyone who has spent an enjoyable evening there taking in anything from a popular musical to a classic play it must feel like a personal loss . |
| 20 | Citizens ' Advice Bureaux can also put compulsive spenders in touch with debt counsellors , who are able to assess their clients ' finances and thus establish an escape from what can feel like a financial swamp . |
| 21 | It makes a man feel like a real man . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'll feel like a new person in two ticks . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll feel like a blooming film star ! ’ |
| 24 | She would feel like a spoiled child insisting that she wanted to go home . |
| 25 | Why you would n't feel like a human being at all , you 'd feel like a thing . ’ |
| 26 | Searching a small space , with only a few entities in it , does n't ordinarily feel like a creative process . |
| 27 | Sometimes this may feel like a military strategy and it is quite in order to treat it this way : to plot and plan to take the fortress which is your imaginary castle , your silent , fertile abode , despite the background of your everyday tasks and obligations . |
| 28 | Why did she feel like a raw beginner in medical school , having to explain her actions , or rather her lack of them , to a senior ? |
| 29 | But the world of Living Doll need not be just a fantasy — win one of our special pampering make-overs and you too could feel like a top model . |
| 30 | SHE MADE ME FEEL LIKE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT . |