Example sentences of "it [was/were] a [noun] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It were a night like this when your mother went off , lass , and Jake near lost his mind when he knew she 'd gone for good . |
| 2 | They should then treat each word as if it were a demonstrative like this or that . |
| 3 | It seems most likely , however , that it was a word like ‘ Teddy Boy ’ or ‘ Mod ’ or ‘ Skinhead ’ which , coming out of the popular culture of working-class London , had been adopted by youths in some localities in order to describe themselves and what they took for their common identity . |
| 4 | ‘ It was a door like a thousand others in a wall like a thousand others . ’ |
| 5 | It was a day like those searched for by Northerners in the south of France or the Greek islands . |
| 6 | It was a day like no other . |
| 7 | It was a smell like rotting meat , a rancid , cloying odour that made him nauseous . |
| 8 | It was a bit like going to the Rijksmuseum to see the original Rembrandts and being shown postcards instead . |
| 9 | We had a 100% retention on the mortgage until the major work was done , and meanwhile were managing on a bridging loan — it was a bit like living in a house with no roof , hoping that it would n't rain ( which we more or less were doing ) . |
| 10 | The former soldier said : ‘ It was a bit like being mortared at any time . |
| 11 | ‘ It was a bit like the Monty Python parrot sketch . |
| 12 | It was a bit like having someone rub you with suntan cream , yet it was n't like that at all — how could it be in the dark ? |
| 13 | It was a bit like the pot calling the kettle black . |
| 14 | It was a bit like a pit stop in a Grand Prix race . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It was a bit like this with James , ’ he went on , playing with the spoon on his saucer . |
| 16 | It was a bit like modern-day Russia since perestroika had been introduced into the Russian culture . |
| 17 | It was a bit like the rowing boat trying to make headway against the flow of the river near the weir . |
| 18 | It was a bit like the Imaginary Universes Laboratory , thought Gedanken . |
| 19 | It was a bit like being a general builder 's apprentice . |
| 20 | it was a bit like being married ’ |
| 21 | They would n't … it was a bit like house arrest , really . |
| 22 | In her girls ' school , it was a bit like joining a club — " girls who had on this side , and girls who had n't on that side " . |
| 23 | So that was a contrast from the people near the hospital where I was and , what happened was , we used to do a little service and then anybody that wanted to be seen used to come along and we needed an interpreter and it was a bit like a surgery really , and they would come with any problems , and anyone who was severely ill we would then take back in the Landrover back to the hospital . |
| 24 | It was a bit like sitting very quietly in a forest and waiting for a rare and timid wild animal to come out . |
| 25 | ‘ We both felt quite nervous — it was a bit like a first date . |
| 26 | It was a bit like listening to a sermon . |
| 27 | It was a bit like that TV programme about people 's houses . |
| 28 | I imagine that it was a bit like driving through a minefield in the war , the fact that we did not hit anybody was a miracle in itself ! |
| 29 | ‘ It was a bit like that , ’ Sorrel said , smiling . |
| 30 | Then it was a bit like Robin Hood planning a raid in Sherwood Forest |