Example sentences of "was like [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet this field was like every other since the archers had become the terrible force they were ; their part was done first , but nonetheless at the end it was seen to be the determining part . |
| 2 | It was like every time I got a letter or an insinuation from him that he cared , or that he really loved me or wanted me to be with him , it shocked me because he was n't good at showing that . |
| 3 | Cos I went up and this bloke was like he was like every time . |
| 4 | It was like a mini-rush in itself . |
| 5 | It was like a flash of light ! |
| 6 | The clay would n't lea you could n't clear the buckets , so we used to what we had a grafting tool , that was like a spade but that was , er , that was er , narrow at one end , the spade at the bottom end was a bit narrow so you could cut th cut the clay out of , out the buckets and that was a hard job too . |
| 7 | When I opened my mouth to protest , I was like a goldfish blowing in its bowl . |
| 8 | He was like a goldfish , suddenly tipped out of its bowl into a pond , conditioned to continue swimming in circles . |
| 9 | Midnight 's arm was like a bar of iron and all her kicking and struggling was useless . |
| 10 | It was like a race . |
| 11 | Later I wondered , if it was like a race , how at the time you wanted to win , but afterwards the other competitors were your friends because they and you all know what it 's like , and the crowds of hangers-on ca n't share the experience . |
| 12 | The bed was like a catafalque , suspended from the roof by royal blue ropes and hangings . |
| 13 | Their love was like a bonfire behind someone else 's high fence . |
| 14 | This thought was like a barb that hurt more than she cared to admit . |
| 15 | It was like a pit , and as she fell she clutched at a hand , but the hand turned into a foot and the foot kicked her . |
| 16 | I could n't say where , except it was like a pit , and sometimes I was floating above and it was nothing to do with me . |
| 17 | For those such as Mike , it was like a surfer trying to catch his wave . |
| 18 | Her mouth was like a flower , and her eyes were large and soft , sometimes black , blue or grey , sometimes all three colours together . |
| 19 | So , it was like a relief that I could talk to him about being pregnant . |
| 20 | In the twilight after dinner he was like a Buddha on his bench , Wreathed in tobacco smoke . |
| 21 | The bold , brutal answer was like a douche of icy water . |
| 22 | Hearing that voice was like a douche of icy water running down her spine . |
| 23 | Birtles gets there before me and it was like a hurricane sweeping through , ‘ Thwack , bash ! ’ |
| 24 | And there was the erm there was a top called the window breaker , and it was a special top that had got a long stem on it and a big round like a mushroom , it was like a mushroom almost . |
| 25 | Sometimes she thought that food was like a gag . |
| 26 | Creed was like a gambler . |
| 27 | Its Chapter House was like a Board Room , where the abbots presided like chairmen of the Board , with the profit motive high on the agenda . |
| 28 | [ CHRISTINE HAMMOND ] In 1958 there was only one television in our street , and when the Lone Ranger made his weekly appearance it was like a mini-cinema in John Logue 's front parlour with about twenty of us clustered round the little walnut cabinet . |
| 29 | It was like a rerun of the reel in which my father was edited out . |
| 30 | It was like a slalom down there . |