Example sentences of "it [was/were] like [v-ing] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On clear days it was like flying over an Atlas map of the British Isles and I picked out all the familiar landmarks in about two hours , which had probably taken me days to cover by sea . |
| 2 | ‘ In a way it was like taking out a full-page ad in the New York Times , ’ he grins . |
| 3 | It was like filling in the blank spaces on a form and equally unprofitable . |
| 4 | In Vancouver we began with a Beethoven overture , and the first chord — it was like picking up a sponge , there was no body in the tone . |
| 5 | It was like looking down the eye of a hurricane . |
| 6 | Suddenly it was like living out a Grade B TV movie . |
| 7 | When Callahan and I visited him at his large house on Sunset Beach , it was like walking around a graveyard : every board was a headstone with memories buried beneath it . |
| 8 | It was like driving along an endless concrete canal . |
| 9 | It was like going back a hundred years . |