Example sentences of "out like [noun sg] from " in BNC.

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1 But in less than a year Poland and Hungary had proved otherwise ‘ and now you have the strongest of the strong , the East Germans , jumping out like water from a bucket with a hole in it .
2 The captain 's eyes narrowed a little ; a flare of blue fire shot out like lightning from the back of her skull down towards her left hand .
3 A blade glinted , and as if by magic a crescent appeared on the man 's cheek , with little beads of blood seeping out like juice from an orange .
4 There was steam coming from beneath the bonnet of the stricken Audi , water gushing out like blood from a wound .
5 Perhaps it takes an artist 's eye as well ; the cultivation of a quiet receptivity to the essence of a person beaming out like light from the chinks in the defences we all construct to protect ourselves .
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