Example sentences of "[be] like a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're like a pair of tom cats ! ’ |
| 2 | You 're like a sea of cotton wool . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're like a tin of worms — wriggling and writhing . ’ |
| 4 | You 're like a bladder of lard . |
| 5 | Carew thought , we 're like a bunch of schoolboys nervously watching the master studying the exam papers . |
| 6 | But that 's the impression people get : that you 're like a dog on heat when you 're released . |
| 7 | She had been like a barrier between Jessamy and her husband , not particularly important but always there , irritating and chafing , like a stone in the shoe . |
| 8 | Since the majority of Umbrian towns are placed up on a slope or are like a crown on top of a hill , there are invariably magnificent panoramas . |
| 9 | Maybe we are like a photocopy of God that got a bit crumpled and smudged as it came out of the machine so that his image in us has got a bit spoilt , but that does not alter the fact that every person has something of God about them . |
| 10 | Ah , cara , you are like a sheet of glass . |
| 11 | The floor — the planet-would be like a hole in space — a hole that sucked in anything and everything that came within range . ’ |
| 12 | It used to be like a game of chess . |
| 13 | Sure , it gets to be like a supermarket of history , pick'n'mix , and yeah , I do n't know what happened to labour history , working class dignity … ‘ |
| 14 | You must be like a piece of wood in the ocean : wood always floats to the surface , even though it is rolled over and held under . ’ |
| 15 | Even the knowledge that they 'd been invited to submit ideas would be like a shot of adrenalin . |
| 16 | They were like a map of Europe , and that was where James Halden was enjoying a luxurious , carefree holiday with his wife . |
| 17 | They were like a couple of newly-weds , fondly excited by each other 's company , by the experience of their first dinner party . |
| 18 | We were like a couple of shamans . |
| 19 | They were like a pair of burglars , he thought , making free of someone 's house while the owners were away on holiday . |
| 20 | We were like a convoy of ships , save that our horizon was a trembling yellow band , and there was not even a wake to indicate our movement . |
| 21 | The locals were like a shoal of fish , gone , without exception , to another part of the water — or a flock of birds , called by some mystery to a different stretch of air . |
| 22 | His fingers were like a circle of steel around the bones of her wrist as he began moving again . |
| 23 | In the evening , we were like a tribe of monkeys , sitting around chatting and picking ticks off one another . |
| 24 | ‘ In the evening we were like a tribe of monkeys , sitting around chatting and picking ticks off one another . ’ |
| 25 | So with it being another student union and it being like a conference in aid of the homeless and that , I did n't really want to sort of give them a load of grief so I suggested about sixty pounds . |
| 26 | I 'm sure Mick Ronson lay awake at night and worried about being like a Spider from Mars . |
| 27 | As the title indicates , life is presented as being like a game of hopscotch , the object being to find a way to the square of ultimate reality . |
| 28 | My scream of agony is like a yell of rage . |
| 29 | At the bus stop the breath of the queue is like a row of factory chimneys . |
| 30 | Each contribution in the field of biblical research is like a footprint in sand . |