Example sentences of "which [vb base] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was just a touch of sarcasm in her voice , which cut like a razor , and she knew she 'd drawn blood when he stared coldly back at her , the smile fading from his face . |
| 2 | This is set in the hillside below the actual Dentelles — a line of rock blades which run like a dragon 's spine along the top of the hill above the wine village of Gigondas , near Carpentras . |
| 3 | In his second oration against Verres Cicero describes hypocrisy in terms which sound like a scenario for Iago 's undermining of Othello : In the Academica he attacks the simulatio of virtue which is assumed not out of duty but in pursuit of pleasure , and in De Finibus he denounces those whose actions are motivated by personal desire for pleasure rather than respect for the moral law . |
| 4 | They 're becoming even easier to pick up once delicensed nowadays , thanks to the invasion of the upstart Metrocabs , which drive like a Panzer , look like an undertaker 's second-best hearse and give the punters a ride which makes them think they 're in a telephone-box on castors . |
| 5 | The nets , which close like a purse , are already used by EC fleets in the Indian and Atlantic , where dolphin and tuna are not found together . |