Example sentences of "[det] [noun] was like " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet this field was like every other since the archers had become the terrible force they were ; their part was done first , but nonetheless at the end it was seen to be the determining part . |
| 2 | This record was like going on lots of blind dates with new people … |
| 3 | Amiss was stunned by the courtesy and curiously uplifted to find that not everyone in this establishment was like Colonel Fagg . |
| 4 | This room was like that : oak panelled , plushly carpeted , lined with portraits , slightly musty . |
| 5 | This place was like the garden of Eden , she thought whimsically , and she did n't know if the job here was a serpent 's temptation or a golden apple . |
| 6 | This thought was like a barb that hurt more than she cared to admit . |
| 7 | At the beginning of his speech , the Home Secretary went to some lengths to compare what life on this subject was like under a Labour Government in 1979 with what it is like under a Conservative Government now . |
| 8 | About what this lesson was like about ? |
| 9 | But this contempt was like a typhoon blowing away all my resources and possessions . |
| 10 | That girl was like a stick of dynamite . |
| 11 | That accusation was like a blow to the midriff , still as hurtful as ever , no matter how often she heard it . |
| 12 | The keep of Rochester Castle , though ruined and with its floors missing , still gives a clear impression of what living in such keeps was like . |
| 13 | To Ken that remark was like a public statement impugning behaviour on his part that was still completely illegal . |
| 14 | To me , that record was like , ‘ Okay , I 'm in this band , we 've sold thirty million records or whatever it was , but do I deserve this success ? ’ |
| 15 | That shop was like a dream world to me , full of secrets and wonders . |
| 16 | ‘ We were taken to see one other Home , it was quite nice but it was more claustrophobic — each room was like a little closed unit . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ That night was like a nightmare , ’ he recalled . |
| 18 | The party that night was like all their parties . |
| 19 | She smiled for Riven though , and that smile was like a sword blade thrust in his chest . |
| 20 | Jack kept looking at his watch ; time seemed to move painfully slowly and each minute was like an hour . |
| 21 | I thought all cooking was like that . |
| 22 | Each drop was like a lump of ice . |
| 23 | Hearing that voice was like a douche of icy water running down her spine . |
| 24 | Though with hands , lips , and tongue , and an even more potent weapon , he stormed her defences , ravishing her to his heart 's content , filling her with a delight so intense that each climax was like a small death . |
| 25 | It occurred to her hazily that her own condition was like that of a bulb she had once seen when the power had been suddenly cut down and the light had dimmed to the faintest red glow in the filament . |
| 26 | The guilt she felt in depriving him of any pleasure was like a stitch in her side , yet the thought of the long day and the long drive were beyond acceptance . |
| 27 | ‘ Kao Tzu believed that each man , at birth , was like a willow tree , and that righteousness was like a bowl . |
| 28 | Each couple was like a parody of the other , their attitudes much the same . |