Example sentences of "out like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he turned and gripped the struts of the gate , gazing out like a prisoner through the bars of his cell . |
| 2 | He 's in and out like a devil . |
| 3 | As we made our way down towards Butter Tubs Pass following the boundary fence , Bill found the head of a freshly killed grouse , possibly the work of a fox , and refused to put it down again but walked along with it head first in his mouth , the neck feathers sticking out like a shuttlecock . |
| 4 | The fierce note in Rose Hilaire 's voice got through to Dagmar Blond , who stopped talking at once , but the last phrase on her lips came out like a ghost : ‘ seeing yourself kill — ’ The last word of all disappeared . |
| 5 | But I wished fervently that I had been able to do more , and as I passed my hand along the richly coloured coat over the ribs the vast bandaged finger stood out like a symbol of my helplessness . |
| 6 | A beech burst out like a fungus , matured , rotted , and fell in a cloud of tinder dust amid its struggling offspring . |
| 7 | She would imagine calling him up to her room every night before he went home to bed with a man , and taking her silver hairbrush from her desk and brushing his hair out like a daughter 's , one hundred strokes every night . |
| 8 | He wanted to be picked up and wrung out like a floor cloth to get the stuff out of his system . |
| 9 | His every day includes periods like this , he 's in and out like a faraway signal . |
| 10 | This thing he was putting himself in for was not ordinary athletics , but a curious hybrid of a sport which , it seemed to Jazz now , was so peculiarly rooted in the old British tradition that anyone pretending to come into it wearing a bloody turban was going to stick out like a clown in a gathering of clerics . |
| 11 | ‘ You can keep them … in exchange , ’ she said slowly , holding them out like a magician would . |
| 12 | ‘ Well you know when mothers get fat and their stomach sticks out like a balloon ? |
| 13 | I , however , strutted out like a barnyard cock , booted and cloaked , a broad-brimmed hat on my head with a black and white plume hanging from it . |
| 14 | Looping the loop and executing mid-flight victory rolls might be sensational on the coin-op , but without that gyroscopic cabinet thingie the effects are nowhere as impressive , and the thinness of the gameplay stands out like a Spectrum owner at a computer fair . |
| 15 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |
| 16 | His fluffy hair was newly washed and standing out like a halo . |
| 17 | It 'll turn out like a blancmange . |
| 18 | On the lawn , the cat Hastings lay stretched out like a rabbit pelt , his fur ruffled by the breeze , and feigned sleep . |
| 19 | My hair comes out like a bird 's nest and my eyes look slitty . |
| 20 | I had been moved into the front room and laid out like a corpse on the sofa . |
| 21 | When Boy George first skipped on stage caked in make-up singing ‘ Do You Really Want To Hurt Me ? ’ ten years ago , he stuck out like a fairy on a rather drab Christmas tree . |
| 22 | I rolled out like a ball but sneaked back in on the back seat . |
| 23 | I took a firmer grip , squeezed tightly and immediately a cloven foot shot out like a whip lash and smacked me solidly on the knee . |
| 24 | Another tentacle shot out like a whip and coiled around his throat , choking him . |
| 25 | She died in great pain , ‘ swollen out like a hogshead , leaving behind her the name of great lasciviousness ’ . |
| 26 | I could see Malta spread out like a map 15,000 feet below me , and I longed to be down there — just to lie still and die peacefully . |
| 27 | They stood beside Ace , and took in the panorama that was laid out like a map below the edge of the plateau . |
| 28 | Raising his voice a little , so that it cracked out like a whiplash , he said tersely , ‘ Off wi' thoo . ’ |
| 29 | Beside them , even in unrelieved black , Tamar shone out like a butterfly among moths . |
| 30 | She laughed , and the veil blew out like a flag . |