Example sentences of "[vb past] like a [adj] dog " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was wearing a plaid dressing-gown that her Dad had left behind : it smelled like an old dog and was as scratchy and heavy as wearing a carpet . |
| 2 | Hid like a little dog within recall , |
| 3 | Plain as a pikestaff , really , even prominent front teeth ; yet , he had been unbearable until he got her ; and now , as Jim himself said , he felt like a lame dog who had found a wonderful home . |
| 4 | It looked like a sleeping dog on the white sheet . |
| 5 | Poor Rory looked like a whipped dog . |
| 6 | As the men at the windlass rope heaved and a long timber started to rise up and swing , the wheel on the pulley squealed like an injured dog and the man stationed at the top of the wall took a stickful of thick grease from a pot , leaned out , and worked it into the axle . |
| 7 | Gurder leaned against the wall and panted like a hot dog on a sunny day . |
| 8 | ‘ I think I 'll die if I do n't have a drink soon , ’ Elaine panted like a thirsty dog as they stepped out of Cave Shepard department store and began walking down Broad Street towards the car parked in Trafalgar Square . |
| 9 | breathing in , and he smelt like a wet dog , drying . |
| 10 | He dropped his hands to his sides and stood like a little dog , found out , and admitting : ‘ Yes , I know I have a silly sort of fancy for Lal . |
| 11 | He cleared his throat a few times and groaned like an aged dog in pain . |