Example sentences of "[was/were] like [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't like a prison cell , it-was like a maid 's room , Eve told herself firmly . |
| 2 | Liza and John were like no newly-weds that Harriet had ever known . |
| 3 | They were like a map of Europe , and that was where James Halden was enjoying a luxurious , carefree holiday with his wife . |
| 4 | He was stripped to the waist and the scars on his chest were like a map of the battles in which he had fought . |
| 5 | We were like a couple of shamans . |
| 6 | They were like a couple of newly-weds , fondly excited by each other 's company , by the experience of their first dinner party . |
| 7 | The two rows of upholstered seats facing each other were like a pair of matching beds , one for each so they would not again need to share except when they wanted to . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've always thought Carry On films were like a pair of old jeans . |
| 9 | They were like a pair of burglars , he thought , making free of someone 's house while the owners were away on holiday . |
| 10 | The coolly spoken words were like a bucket of ice-cold water thrown in her face , but instead of restoring her composure it had the opposite effect of stoking her anger all the more . |
| 11 | This is not an experiment that can ever be done , although some people assume that certain remote and isolated faunas , such as those of Australia and Madagascar , can be treated as if they were ancient , as if a trip to Australia were like a trip backwards in a time machine . |
| 12 | George feels that he has to make a decision on how to approach the next phase : ‘ Though I did n't wish to retire , the first three months were like a holiday . |
| 13 | This was easy to defend since the rivers were like a moat on three sides . |
| 14 | she found this booklet and it were like a cheque book |
| 15 | ‘ When we were all kids the man who used to teach Joe the violin said we were like a nest of singing birds . |
| 16 | You were like a caveman collecting his bride . ’ |
| 17 | Roman 's words were like a drug , pouring over her , evoking those helpless , hypnotic feelings of need and desire and hunger all over again . |
| 18 | We were like a convoy of ships , save that our horizon was a trembling yellow band , and there was not even a wake to indicate our movement . |
| 19 | Sometimes her eyes were like a satellite picture of earth , a marble swirling in space . |
| 20 | His words were like a body-blow . |
| 21 | You were like a doll . |
| 22 | The locals were like a shoal of fish , gone , without exception , to another part of the water — or a flock of birds , called by some mystery to a different stretch of air . |
| 23 | At night everything looked different , the smaller canals were like a labyrinth , and apart from an occasional lamp it was quite dark when the moon was hidden . |
| 24 | Watch straps were like a cottage industry , so we adopted the marketing techniques of a baked beans company . |
| 25 | His pain and anger were like a lance twisting through her . |
| 26 | They were like a mob . ’ |
| 27 | In this connection we may even talk of rules of language , as if a linguistic practice were like a game . |
| 28 | His fingers were like a circle of steel around the bones of her wrist as he began moving again . |
| 29 | He could only imagine girls in the evening when they all walked along and Marie stopped in front of a shop window to see that her clothes and hair were as she wanted and they all came up behind her and did the same so they were like a group photograph on a record sleeve , wiggling their fingers and poking out their tongues and saying ‘ Yoo-hoo ’ to their reflections . |
| 30 | ‘ They were like a pack converging on me and I was terrified , ’ Mr Waller told the court . |