Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] something [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They were like something out of a nightmare . |
| 2 | And it was the most intricate interweaving of subjects and half-meanings and innuendos and so forth , and it was like something out of a Pirandello play . |
| 3 | Hari 's hands were suddenly still , the leather clinging to the last , while she tried to envisage herself wearing fine crinolines and rich jewels , it was like something out of a dream . |
| 4 | Sabrina always got a kick out of the swivelling bookcase ; it was like something out of a Boris Karloff film . |
| 5 | In The Observer , a normally wise and balanced political commentator outlined a vision of what the English countryside might become if abandoned to nature , which was like something out of a Dark Ages bestiary , a nightmarish waste of swamp and scrub , thick with rats , disease and the remains of derelict farm machinery . |
| 6 | It was like something out of a film set — and not the sort of film that was recommended for family viewing . |
| 7 | I was in something not unlike a mild state of shock . |