Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [adv] like a " in BNC.

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1	The pool of light in which they stood was sharply divided from the darkness pressing up around like a stealthy animal .
2	She who 'd never been one to chatter , prattling away now like a child :
3	The sound that had made O look up came from a man who was sitting on the floor , leaning against the wall of the tunnel , looking not much like a beggar , but just someone worn out ; perhaps he had collapsed there and was resting .
4	Next minute Miss Lodsworth 's head appeared over the half-door , looking even more like a horse than Wayne .
5	The Femidom is a new female condom looking very much like a larger version of the male variety , except these things are ribbed at both ends , a bit like a fisherman 's keep net .
6	Terribly fast , it was er , er , over his left shoulder going down there like a rate of knots and he 's now telling the other slips , putting his left hand showing where it might have gone .
7	Tal clung to the co-pilot 's web where Saskia and Mogul sat , unselfconsciously entwined , peering solemnly upwards like a pair of kittens .
8	He was an old countryman with a betel-ravaged mouth , the cancerous tongue sticking helplessly out like a crimson prickly pear .
9	You 're getting too much like a poofie actor , mate . ’
10	‘ You 're getting too much like a playboy , ’ said Mallachy .
11	Matchsticks almost fell out , stepping back awkwardly like a badly constructed puppet .
12	‘ Charging down here like a maniac , trying to hit — ’
13	But certainly your heart 's ticking away there like a wee clock , it 's not
14	His head was buzzing once more like a summer forest , and the blue appointment card was still in his pocket .
15	His mind noted this fact among others , ticking efficiently on like a water-clock .
16	And they were still chatting comfortably with each other when she rejoined them in the living-room , feeling very much like a spare part .

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