Example sentences of "comes [adv prt] like [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , after many experiences and two marriages , the character still comes on like an idiot boy during the second meeting with Dunaway in a brothel , making Benjamin Braddock seem like Don Juan by contrast . |
| 2 | ‘ When the sea gets to the base of that , the tide 's already too high , and it comes in like a horse trotting , as they say . |
| 3 | ‘ The tide , ’ he had said , ‘ comes in like a horse trotting . ’ |
| 4 | March comes in like a lion |
| 5 | When the green field comes off like a lid |
| 6 | My hair comes out like a bird 's nest and my eyes look slitty . |
| 7 | You can lie and lie beautifully , but sooner or later the truth comes back like a wave and sweeps everything before it . |