Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [be] like the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would be like the surface of the earth , but with two more dimensions . |
| 2 | They would be like the surface of the earth but with two more dimensions . |
| 3 | It would be like the attempt to look directly at the sun that dazzles and finally blinds rather than enlightens . |
| 4 | And then the lights all came on , and it would be like the hardest-to-bear dawn ever . |
| 5 | It would be like the denizens of Magdalen Bridge claiming they drank VP sherry rather than Tio Pepe because they preferred the taste . |
| 6 | It would be like the elves to know a Saviour would come to men , without having the slightest or remotest idea of the mingled horror and beauty with which that event would come about . |
| 7 | If the world was a bathtub , the progress of the Ship through it would be like the soap , shooting backwards and forwards and never being where anyone was expecting it to be . |
| 8 | It would be like the blessed relief of a coal fire after the dull , dry heat of an electric bar … |
| 9 | it would be like the whole year was getting |