Example sentences of "and [vb past] and [verb] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her bows plunged , shouldering aside streaming seas upon which the galleys slid and swooped and plummeted like seal pups caught in the wash of a bear . |
| 2 | Before the storm broke he fell into a sleep so peaceful and deep that he heard nothing of the thunder crashing overhead or of the rush of waters as the lake filled and spread and crept and grew like a living thing . |
| 3 | He grunted , they said , and weaved and ducked like a prize fighter when asked questions . |
| 4 | He saw them and halted , standing at gaze for a moment open-mouthed and great-eyed , and then he whooped like a huntsman hot after game , and turned and ran like a hare for the hall , bounding as he ran . |
| 5 | In London the kids looked fabulous ; they dressed and walked and talked like little gods . |
| 6 | Whole concepts , whole reorganizations of thought swam drunkenly through her head , and lurched and revolved like the drowned woman and her orange : she no longer knew what gardens and houses were for , and their distinctions , once clear , had grown confused . |