Example sentences of "[vb infin] rather like a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This way it will act rather like an appetite suppressant pill — or , rather , in the way pills should act if they contained sufficient cellulose . |
| 2 | Even if flags are not embryos there are many cases in development where the embryo does behave rather like a regulating French flag . |
| 3 | ‘ It does sound rather like a community . |
| 4 | This time Sausage accompanied her , and as she set off with the the two small boys and their three dogs , Korah , Dathan and Abiram , she reflected that they must look rather like a circus . |
| 5 | Mr Major keeps his elbows on the table , and claps his fingers together but not the base of his hands , which makes him look rather like a seal . |
| 6 | A tall chimney above the heating plant and workshops made it look rather like a factory under guard . |
| 7 | ‘ It should look rather like an Oxford college by the time we are finished , ’ he says , although he emphasises that no alterations will be made before full permission is granted by the planners . |
| 8 | [ In India ] every white traveller … must move rather like a snail , and sometimes at a snail 's pace , with his house , or a good part of it , on his back . |