Example sentences of "her [noun] [was/were] like [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hair was like a bird 's nest , her skin grey , her leg bleeding . |
| 2 | I do not know whether we dragons loved her or hated her ; her will was like iron , as fast clad as our scaled hides , but her heart was like a songbird in the morning and she was as lovely as the lilies of the field . |
| 3 | Her story was like a tale from a book . |
| 4 | Herbert or Algy or Whatever — the very same who had said ( how original ! ) that her skin was like a peach … |
| 5 | Her breath was tearing at her throat , the stitch in her side was like a knife , but still she raced on . |
| 6 | His name on her lips was like a plea , and with one swift movement he gathered her into his arms , pressing her against his powerful chest . |
| 7 | Sometimes her eyes were like a satellite picture of earth , a marble swirling in space . |
| 8 | The hammering of her heart in her ears was like a drum beating . |
| 9 | Her mouth was like a flower , and her eyes were large and soft , sometimes black , blue or grey , sometimes all three colours together . |
| 10 | Her mouth was like a rosebud — take it or leave it . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly she passed a less than restful night , only falling asleep as the light started to penetrate the thin curtains , and when she did finally surface the sun was high in the sky and her room was like an oven . |
| 12 | The gentle curve of her body was like a piece of rock smoothed by the sea . |
| 13 | Her smile was like a shaft of warm sunshine falling across his face . |
| 14 | Her chin was like the heel of a child 's foot . |
| 15 | Her voice was like the rest of her , cool and classy . |
| 16 | Her speech was like the twittering of bats . |
| 17 | In the yellow light , her face was like a ghost 's . |
| 18 | Her face was like a light ! |
| 19 | Nearer and nearer he came , her face was like a light . |
| 20 | Her face was like a plate on a stick . |