Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] like [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman 's words were like a drug , pouring over her , evoking those helpless , hypnotic feelings of need and desire and hunger all over again . |
| 2 | The words were like a slap in the face . |
| 3 | The coolly spoken words were like a bucket of ice-cold water thrown in her face , but instead of restoring her composure it had the opposite effect of stoking her anger all the more . |
| 4 | His words were like a slap across her face . |
| 5 | His words were like a sharp slap that brought her to her senses . |
| 6 | His words were like a body-blow . |
| 7 | I was never thin like that and your father was a great big man , his legs were like the trunk of a tree . ’ |
| 8 | Sometimes her eyes were like a satellite picture of earth , a marble swirling in space . |
| 9 | The tallest of the men looked down at Ruth ; his hair was bright silver , and his gold eyes were like an eagle 's . |
| 10 | The Chinese imagined that the Scots were like the Albanians — and appropriately enough we were taken to the Sino-Albanian Friendship Commune . ) |
| 11 | These homes were like an unsavoury silo , places to store people rather than house them . |
| 12 | George feels that he has to make a decision on how to approach the next phase : ‘ Though I did n't wish to retire , the first three months were like a holiday . |
| 13 | The hammering of her heart in her ears was like a drum beating . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Eighteen months was like a lifetime . |
| 16 | His lips were drawn back in a snarl of pain , his skinny white limbs were like a frozen chicken 's . |
| 17 | Our movements were like a formal dance , always related to each other . |
| 18 | Bones was like a great bus and Hoomey had learnt to drive . |
| 19 | Its ‘ investigator ’ reported that : ‘ Browsing through the shelves was like a glimpse of a madhouse . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've always thought Carry On films were like a pair of old jeans . |
| 21 | He 'd never been one to exercise an over-imagination , yet the conditions were like the feeling of a tomb — of an interment . |
| 22 | Her memories were like a small , locked box of securities and because she knew they were there , safely there , she had no need to open them . |
| 23 | The rooms were like the passage , packed with antiques . |
| 24 | The locals were like a shoal of fish , gone , without exception , to another part of the water — or a flock of birds , called by some mystery to a different stretch of air . |
| 25 | His eyelashes were like the feathery brushes of a model 's compact . |
| 26 | By the end the Maidens were like a family . |
| 27 | The windows were like the windows of the children 's ward where Baby used to be , of white glass which you could n't see through . |
| 28 | Besides , ducks were like a lot of other animals and recognized in nomes the shape , if not the size , of humans and kept a safe distance away from them . |
| 29 | His fingers were like a circle of steel around the bones of her wrist as he began moving again . |
| 30 | Somebody singing … but the small Ruth , looking up from the rug , did n't like it ; the clear trickling notes were like a shiver down her back , like raindrops sliding down a windowpane . |