Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adv] like [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nick Price says that point to point is just like the cheltenham gold cup … its run under the same rules as the grand national … the big difference is that this is amateur … totally amateur … but its a boom sport and very popular in this area |
| 2 | ‘ You should try being more like the children you admire , ’ she said , sadness in her eyes . |
| 3 | The man who spoke was enough like the priest in face and build to indicate their relationship , but , instead of the severe black habit and tonsured head which proclaimed the cleric to be of the Benedictine order , he was dressed in all the splendour of a prosperous baron . |
| 4 | So the sound image that a dolphin receives is more like an X-ray than a normal picture . |
| 5 | On the way in the train earlier she had pictured her meeting with Penry over and over again , but none of her imaginings had been remotely like the reality . |
| 6 | Yeah well it 's rare for me to come to the doctor 's but last three week I 've been here like every week , kind of thing . |
| 7 | Forget the last six months , admit it 's been more like a year , remove yourself from the desperate turns on the rack of rejection … at least you know how to love . |
| 8 | Miss Evans said , ‘ You might say he 's been more like a father to me than a brother . ’ |
| 9 | I 've only been here a matter of hours , but I feel as though it 's been more like a week ! ’ |