Example sentences of "[was/were] like the sound " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like the sound of a tractor ploughing on the next farm . |
| 2 | It was like the sound of the sea , but it was not the sea . |
| 3 | It was like the sound of someone blowing through a piece of pipe . |
| 4 | The hum of the bowstring when it came was like the sound of a harp being tuned , and when Jehan glanced back again Alexei was getting down from his bay to recover his arrows . |
| 5 | I could hear boulders grinding on the river bed and the grumble of thunder was like the sound of distant gunfire . |
| 6 | It was like the sound of fingernails being dragged down a blackboard . |