Example sentences of "[vb pp] with [noun sg] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Athelstan gazed at the square , squat pillars decorated with greenery like his own in Southwark , though not as beautiful . |
| 2 | ‘ Sour Grapes ’ a mid-purple with the suggestion of a reddish bloom to the flower and ‘ Raven ’ with the same colour scheme but darker and shot with colour like the great birds plumage . |
| 3 | The fifth Olympian praises Psaumis who ‘ builds well-founded houses , grown with speed like the tall branches of a forest , bringing his city 's people from the harsh bonds of their distress into the light of day ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ My pain is unbearable , ’ she said , her voice thickened with salt like the Dead Sea . |
| 5 | No need to apologise for anything performed with ensemble like this and commitment of this calibre . |
| 6 | Likewise , when the Pavements and Mercury Revs farted around in their peculiar padded cells , the thought of getting hip to sway the record buying masses was way down on a list of priorities filled with stuff like , uh , paying the rent and , dur , making music for the hell of it . |
| 7 | You 've got to remember — there 's a brain in your head , is n't there — or maybe there is n't , it 's filled with filth like all these dustbins . ’ |
| 8 | The turmoil continued until Ashi 's mouth was taped firmly with wide plastic parcel-tape and her feet tied with cord like her hands , leaving her on the floor propped against the wall . |
| 9 | Arriving in Coober Pedy at sunset , I noticed the desert sky was streaked with red like a fire opal . |
| 10 | The pale cement-coloured walls were streaked with dirt like snot running from a thousand noses . |
| 11 | Its cover was black and the plastic envelopes inside were rather smaller so that each page was displayed edged with black like a mourning card . |