Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He trotted breathlessly beside me as I strode like a madman through the snow , back to that accursed manor . |
| 2 | Well , we really know whether you wanted us to put what we learned from the report what we 'd actually done that day as in just listing it as you said like a diary |
| 3 | A group of grinning Koreans from Kazakhstan craned their necks skywards as she spun like a top . |
| 4 | And suddenly , astonishingly , astonished , she began to weep , great sobs bursting out of her , tears leaping from her eyes , a kind of howling noise in her nose and throat , and Charles got up and came and sat by her and took her in his arms as she howled like a six-year-old . |
| 5 | I watched , entranced , through the hide opening as it bobbed like a cork below me ; light and buoyant , swimming in gentle circles , spinning , pecking at surface morsels . |
| 6 | As it dropped like a stone from 6,500ft , Captain Fuchs spoke for the last time . |
| 7 | She smiled and went and put the kettle on , and listened as he wriggled like a worm on a hook . |