Example sentences of "like live [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Living without awe of God is like living as a beggar , when instead we could live in the king 's palace as the heir . |
| 2 | It was like living on a knife edge . |
| 3 | It 's like living on a time bomb ! |
| 4 | It was acutely boring , like living in a morgue . |
| 5 | The thought of living in a mews cottage had been one of her daydreams , like living in a penthouse . |
| 6 | It 's like living in a chapel of rest . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Being a ship 's doctor is pretty much like living in a village or any small community . |
| 8 | Most of us agree that it would be handy to turn the loft into a bedroom , or have a conservatory tacked on to an outside wall , but can you imagine what it must be like living in a church , a factory or a windmill ? |
| 9 | In all cases a helper is needed , someone strong and active to pull up quite heavy anchors , while the rest of the crew should realise that living in a yacht is like living in a caravan with incredibly soft suspension — and it 's sometimes difficult to hop out for a walk ! |
| 10 | It must be like living in a power station . ’ |
| 11 | We had a 100% retention on the mortgage until the major work was done , and meanwhile were managing on a bridging loan — it was a bit like living in a house with no roof , hoping that it would n't rain ( which we more or less were doing ) . |
| 12 | ‘ You just do n't know what it 's like living in a town — it 's different . ’ |
| 13 | Dissecting and describing , he makes you not only know but feel what it 's like to live without a phone and be totally dependent on erratically functioning call boxes for the battle-lines on which to fight for late or lost benefit payments . |
| 14 | Having finished it , Artemis then sat gazing at her drawing , trying to imagine what it would be like to live in a house with just four windows , one chimney and one door , with just her mother , and perhaps even her father . |