Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] that [verb] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's called Polypterus and it 's about 12″ long , blue grey in colour with a white underside and pectorals that look like table tennis bats . |
| 2 | Priestley 's famous observations focused upon the differences between the England of ‘ cathedrals and minsters ’ , industrial England , and the new post-war England of ‘ arterial and bypass roads , of filling stations and factories that look like exhibition buildings . ’ |
| 3 | From where he was standing Conrad could see limp , darkened lettuce and mushrooms that looked like sleeping slugs and unfresh tomatoes in a large wooden bowl in the middle of the table . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll never moan about hard work again , Jacko , ’ I lied as I set off to make a packed audience laugh like drains , with a face the colour of one and stomach that sounded like one . |
| 5 | So in September 1967 came ‘ wonderful ’ Radio One , with its patter and jingles that sounded like ads but were not ads . |
| 6 | All things have drawbacks , however , and the sulphurous fumes wafting down from the crater were distinctly smelly , and the occupants of the tunnel awoke in the morning with headaches and mouths that tasted like the bottom of a parrot 's cage . |
| 7 | He had himself frequently led patrols along the narrow roads and boreens that ran like veins through the countryside about Cork , and before that he had spent more time than he cared to remember in the muddy trenches and dug-outs of France with shells screaming overhead . |