Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [vb pp] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Those used for fighting are trained like professional boxers . |
| 2 | The sanctity of traditional ownership and lineage are hoisted like clannish flags . |
| 3 | A great deal is stuffed into Knowledge Adventure disks through the use of high efficiency compression algorithms and John Cave says that many of the benefits of CD ROM are featured like full motion video , sound , music and speech — without the need for any additional hardware like a CD ROM drive . |
| 4 | Her voice was fragmented like broken glass , her face icy white . |
| 5 | Like some elderly courtesan , the tomb tries to mask its imperfections beneath thick layers of make-up ; its excesses of ornament are worn like over-applied rouge . |
| 6 | The paste is coloured like pale yellow ivory , when it is cut , holes appear well shared exactly , like a hazelnut , sometimes , at most , like a cherry . " |
| 7 | His jaw was set like chiselled granite . |
| 8 | Members of the bromeliad family are shaped like great rosettes with deep water-filled centres . |
| 9 | Siban 's face was seamed like old leather , and his hair was snow white . |