Example sentences of "something [adj] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 No , it was probably something odd like a bird 's head brooch found near the body , or the design on a rare coin in the victim 's pocket .
2 At around 4.30pm , Chris arrives home and after playing with the children lends a hand with the evening meal , which is something straightforward like a casserole or a pasta dish .
3 The BR spokesman said : It could have been something simple like a gate left open or something sinister like vandalism . ’
4 The Marine tried to tell himself it was something simple like a mole , but then paused to wonder if they had moles in Haiti .
5 And then when you get to the er van proper you take things like a wardrobe and you put it edgewise on int th in against the side of the van , you 'd then put a wrapper over , and then you 'd put something soft like a mattress facing it , because obviously that 's a shiny side and if you can put something soft into it it 's not going to get scratched .
6 ‘ It 's not something dramatic like a soufflé , I hope ? ’
7 Try to lock your bike to something immovable like a railing or lampost , preferably in a well-lit area with people around .
8 I suspect that most sensible designers would think in terms of something more like a skate .
9 Doug Gowan , of the TUC Education Department , argues that the courses are intended to develop skills and techniques rather than transmit abstract and academic knowledge ; the TUC has tried to dissuade tutors from thinking in terms of ‘ subjects ’ or ‘ disciplines ’ , and instead to shift towards ‘ student-centred educational methods ’ which shift away from classroom styles towards something more like a trade union meeting or office discussion :
10 But if I know her she is composing something more like an entry in a good encyclopaedia , or perhaps a chapter in her own book .
11 Her eyes widened , as though the reference to Eduardo was something physical like a blow , the fury quite gone out of her as she said , ‘ Why do you say that ?
12 On other occasions , borrowing may be the only way you will ever be able to afford to buy something expensive like a house .
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