Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun sg] was like [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The forest path was like the strange , disorientating setting of a nightmare . |
| 2 | Even when the sun had disappeared , the night sky was like a dark blue glass globe , lit by a faint glow from within . |
| 3 | But the memory of her sister 's surprising her with the amethyst brooch was like a rubbed sore in her mind . |
| 4 | The atmosphere in the barrack room was like the first day back at school , with everybody trying to outdo each other with stories of how exciting their holidays had been . |
| 5 | The promotion reward was like a game of snakes and ladders . |
| 6 | Mr Aston told the court that the oil tank was like a large unexploded bomb . |
| 7 | And fortunately the end cap was like a , so I went and then I stuck some wadding in just to wire in that head lamp . |
| 8 | Viewed from space , the normal progress of the survey ship was like the passage of a comet . |
| 9 | No one entered Harry Short 's house without an invitation and to find Kelly Connor of all people sitting across the breakfast table was like a practical joke in very poor taste . |
| 10 | Phone calls came continually from the hareem in Europe and from the Sheikh , but the family majlis was like an empty cup waiting to be filled . |