Example sentences of "was [adv] like [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The religion Tolstoy was to advocate was remarkably like the only one Vincent could wholeheartedly contemplate , ‘ a practical religion , not promising future bliss but bliss on earth . ’ |
| 2 | But they also held that the universe itself was rather like a vast machine , which , once started off , ran according to its own inbuilt laws and patterns . |
| 3 | ‘ He was rather like a new-born baby when he came because of the lack of stimulation , ’ she said . |
| 4 | It was rather like a large belt ; you could probably fasten it about your waist and it would sit snugly over your hips . |
| 5 | Among the Mundugamor , both sexes were aggressive , children were treated brusquely by both parents , and love-making was rather like a pitched battle . |
| 6 | In fact it was rather like the dark days just before the last election when prime-time television was regularly disturbed by party political broadcasts . |
| 7 | Peter : Yes he has indeed he delivered , he did away with the autocue , he leaned forward , he did n't want a barrier between himself and his adoring party faithful they were adoring it was rather like the last night at the Prom , I can tell you . |
| 8 | She was rather like an injured animal , wanting to lick her wounds in peace and privacy . |
| 9 | It was rather like an old-fashioned nationalized industry where all lines led to the Secretary of State . |
| 10 | Yeah , I know th th th there 's three floors of it and I was , I was on like the bottom floor so |
| 11 | ‘ I decided it was sufficiently like a single-lead junction for the public to believe it was one and accordingly that it would not be wise to proceed with the scheme . ’ |
| 12 | It was all like an insane nightmare . |
| 13 | Strangely we find that its diamond shape was less like the present day Delta with its rigid leading edge spars than the design by George D. Wanner of Dayton as filed 11 months prior in January 1948 , as against November 1948 for Rogallo . |
| 14 | I believe the disposition of the rooms and the view we had was much like the one Jean-Claude had had throughout his childhood . |
| 15 | It was exactly like a human voice . |
| 16 | Now that he considered it , Turakina 's expression when she stared at the offworlder was exactly like the one Alexai used when he was looking at Burun . |
| 17 | It was exactly like the first time . |
| 18 | IT WAS JUST like a genteel Hampstead tea party , at which celebrities mingled with the chattering classes among the cakes and biscuits and gossiped about the people who were n't invited . |
| 19 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 20 | Ed was just like a one off and I 'm not forward any more at all and , you know , everyone thinks I am you know and Pete thought right I 'm in for a good time here , you know , I can probably get her you know , and so Charlie would have to carry out his part . |
| 21 | And it did n't matter what the music was like , it was just like a real person singing about how they feel . ’ |
| 22 | No erm it was just it was just like a little er spot on his ear and the vet sent it off to find out what it was |
| 23 | and the first sort of thing they ever had was just like a little screen it just went blip and that 's it , all they could tell you was there was something in their vicinity , it could n't tell you what direction it was or what height or anything . |
| 24 | It was just like a big list of questions . |
| 25 | That 's right , she said it was just like a big house , and there was only one midwife on duty , and there was another girl in labour . |
| 26 | So that was just like an ordinary |
| 27 | She was just like an automated programmed doll , oh god . |
| 28 | Russell 's carbine lay on the table , like he never went far without it ; another thing that was just like an Apache . |
| 29 | Well they said the witnesses said they thought it was just like an older brother a younger brother . |
| 30 | It was just like the good old days . |