Example sentences of "down like an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came down like an oily green avalanche , piling up into a mountain of folds , but no one bothered about it because the sun shone through the dusty , cobwebbed windows and made Jekub glow . |
| 2 | At last she wound down like an old-fashioned gramophone and rolled onto her back on the grass feeling exhausted . |
| 3 | his great jaw hanging down like an open hatch . |
| 4 | She stood and looked at Mrs Mantini , and gradually Mrs Mantini broke down like an overheated fire . |
| 5 | An eagle diving to the hand from 500 feet whistling down like an express train is a sight not often forgotten . |