Example sentences of "like a [noun] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the bottom of the pit there is a corresponding calm — it is the still centre of the spiral — and an odd sense of hollowness , as if you were about to drop into the deeps of the earth 's psyche ( and of your own ) like a stone down a mineshaft . |
| 2 | When saying ‘ no ’ feels like a trip down a dead-end road to treason , what else is there to say but ‘ yes ’ ? |
| 3 | Their roads make the M25 look like a drive down a quite lane . |
| 4 | Offered a free bed and nosebag , Tony is there like a rat up a drainpipe . |
| 5 | Mike Power and Clive Thornton pointed him in the right direction and sent him in like a terrier down a rabbit hole . |