Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] what [verb] like the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It clattered across the path and bounced against what looked like the battered frame of an old pram , with a bang like a pistol shot . |
| 2 | Giving him a mutinous look , she defended for what felt like the fortieth time , ‘ I did n't know about the baby ! ’ |
| 3 | The cassock had a thin hood , held in place over the attendant 's head and face by what looked like the brim from an old and worn red hat ; it was squeezed down over the attendant 's head , the top of the hood showing through where the hat 's crown should have been . |
| 4 | ‘ Ask Clive , ’ Polly repeated for what felt like the hundredth time . |
| 5 | The picture freezes on what looks like the underside of a vacuum cleaner , suspended like a novelty balloon in a clear night sky . |
| 6 | And one of them , Robert was almost sure , had foretold that something ghastly was going to happen in what sounded like the British Museum . |