Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] like [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard was like a gusher of newly tapped oil spraying about in all directions . |
| 2 | Creed was like a gambler . |
| 3 | If Anne reminded me of a gazelle , then Mrs. Constantine was like a snake : supple and seemingly without bones , smooth , lustrous , with wicked black eyes like stones and shining black hair twisted up into a knot on top of her head and a wide , wide mouth with disturbingly red lips and a flickering tongue that darted out to lick the crimson lips when she was concentrating on the cards . |
| 4 | Joe Strummer once said that listening to John Peel was like a dog being sick in your face . |
| 5 | Rodney was like a whirlwind and upset both people and animals ( cats , dogs and horses do not like sudden movements ) . |
| 6 | In some respects Li Shai Tung was like an athlete , each nuance of voice or gesture the result of long and patient practice . |
| 7 | ( President Assad told him on that occasion that Saddam Hussein was like a chain-smoker : ‘ He can not help lighting another one before he has finished the first . |
| 8 | Really , the Atlantic was like the subconscious . |
| 9 | She was assailed by contrary , half-formed forebodings : Rosa was making an error of judgement , she was imagining things , or , even if she were n't , Tommaso was like a dustdevil , twisting this way and that . |
| 10 | His upward swing of mood since meeting Rose was like a glider flying above the clouds where all was serene . |
| 11 | Joan Durbeyfield was like a child herself , and never thought about the future . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As Barth once put it , he and Brunner were like the elephant and the whale : both were God 's creatures , but it was impossible for them to meet ! |
| 14 | The interior of The Lodge was like a show house , flashily furnished , expense no object . |
| 15 | That does n't happen when someone works with you as a director , and Jack was like a director , too . |
| 16 | While he was alive , Heathcliff was like a brother to Hindley and me . |
| 17 | Felipe de Santis was like the land — proud , indomitable and alien . |
| 18 | In that final respect , the Healey was like the Cobra , but the Cobra did n't even have external door handles , just simple pulls inside which you reach in to open . |
| 19 | Romeo was I mean Juliet was like a child to me . |
| 20 | The night crossing to France was like a secret . |
| 21 | The ‘ old ’ Orleans was like a museum : streets , balconies , blues saloons , street musicians , carefully preserved in aspic specially for tourists . |
| 22 | Susan was like a daughter to me . |
| 23 | Mr Cubbage was like a cat on hot bricks , he was most distraught at Coleen 's decision to go to England , and he bombarded her with letters and flowers ; he could not wait for her return and for her to say the one word that would make her his wife . |
| 24 | Referring to Samantha Thompson , the teenager who was injured as she took Johnathan shopping for Mother 's Day gifts , he said : ‘ To injure a young innocent girl as well who went everywhere with him — that girl Samantha was like a mother to him . |
| 25 | Diniz Vasquez was like a drawing of himself , done by Colard in black ink and white powder . |
| 26 | Now , the whole of the West and the Mid-West was like the Navaho Reservation . |
| 27 | Sophie was like an engine that had n't been switched off ; he could sense the energy in her and feel the heat . |
| 28 | Pascoe was like a man watching from the shore , too far off to give help , while a swimmer fought to stay afloat . |
| 29 | Liza and John were like no newly-weds that Harriet had ever known . |
| 30 | Vologsky was like a zombie , existing on the outermost fringe of sentient life . |