Example sentences of "of [noun pl] with [noun] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a 1975 introduction to his first novel , Jill , Larkin has revealed what his college life in war-time Oxford was like , and how he first met Amis there — an account somewhat amended by Amis in his contribution to Larkin at Sixty ( 1982 ) ; and collections of essays with titles like My Oxford ( 1977 ) and My Cambridge ( 1977 ) have assembled reminiscences of how mind and character were once forged round and about the tender age of twenty . |
| 2 | Many of the verses on the subject of Growltiger or Macavity had in fact originally been written for the children of the Fabers and the Morleys ; Eliot 's own affection for small rather than large animals is sufficiently well known , and he was the owner ( or patron ) of a succession of cats with names like Pettipaws , Wiscus and George Pushdragon — he used the latter name when entering crossword competitions in Time and Tide . |
| 3 | Born-again rockers can choose between hundreds of albums with titles like ‘ Psycho Surgery ’ , ‘ Bishop of Souls ’ and ‘ Prophet of Idiocy ’ , while family values conservatives can dance to lyrics like ‘ Thank God the world 's been saved/ Marx is in his grave ’ . |
| 4 | Our road ended abruptly at a cluster of cottages with names like Moor Head and Little Gill . |
| 5 | Playa Del Ingles is also popular with the Irish , and not surprisingly there are a whole host of bars with names like The Shamrock , Molly Malones , and the Old Shilelagh . |
| 6 | Not Sara , who becomes self-righteous when asked how she would feel should her mother , father or children learn that she was the star of videos with titles like Cum To The Mountains or Nurse Goodbody . |
| 7 | She talked darkly of witchcraft , of wolves with eyes like opals , and fiery breath which left scorch marks on the ground ; and countercharged . |
| 8 | If the procedure succeeds , Carly will be able to lead a normal life , offering hope to thousands of sufferers with diseases like cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy who could be cured by similar techniques . |