Example sentences of "it [verb] he like " in BNC.

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1 It oppressed him like the static heat of the big sun — the lion sun — when nothing stirs .
2 It smothered him like dense mist .
3 It affects him like a smell , like a chime .
4 It swallowed him like a mouth .
5 His pot was in his hand still , it preceded him like the torch of justice .
6 He watched her eyes fire with the old , familiar irony , and it hurt him like a blade .
7 It struck him like fire , and the scales were lifted from his eyes .
8 But now she suddenly realised it fitted him like a glove .
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