Example sentences of "[vb past] like a [noun] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tears of outrage stung his eyes , and something deeper than humiliation sank like a stone into the pit of his stomach . |
| 2 | Looked at sideways on , it rose like a splint into the winter sky . |
| 3 | Ruth dropped like a stone into the nearest available armchair . |
| 4 | ‘ Yesterday morning , during break , you sneaked like a serpent into the kitchen and stole a slice of my private chocolate cake from my tea-tray ! |
| 5 | That scream went like a knife into the heart of everyone on the train . |
| 6 | ( In this case , what looked like a move into the middle class was in fact a prelude to much financial worry . ) |
| 7 | With the other he dipped what looked like a hearthbrush into the bucket then flung its load of holy-water drops all over the pile of stones . |
| 8 | And she slipped like a ghost into the shadows and ran down the gallery . |
| 9 | A servant wearing the cardinal 's livery slipped like a shadow into the room . |