Example sentences of "am like [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I never had such a thing before , and I am like a child when it comes to running water . |
2 | I am like a spectre in his house , come to claim his soul . |
3 | I am like a David to their Goliath . |
4 | He thinks : " I am like a pool … some tide has filled me , the sand is swirling , the waters are obscured and strange things are creeping out of the cracks and crannies in my mind " ( p. 227 ) . |
5 | I am like the leaves and flowers of ikebana , with roots cut off , stuck in a spiked metal holder ( kenzan ) instead of in the earth . |
6 | I am like the child spell-bound by the accumulated powers of the night , — darkness , the sound of silence , loneliness , infinite possibility , all mingled in a vast horror . |
7 | I am like the cow at the sea shore , bound by the motion of the waves . |
8 | Abbot was knocked sideways with delight , and wrote to Repton , ‘ I am like the possessor of some gem of inestimable value and beauty , concealed in a casket … . |
9 | I am like the painter of that mosaic , the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help . |
10 | I am like the Negro , I just go on . |