Example sentences of "it [vb -s] like [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pity it plays like a dented tin can , really . |
| 2 | In water , it splits like a spider 's web into gossamer strands while retaining its basic strength . |
| 3 | It points like a finger to heaven and like a magnet it attracts strangers passing by to come closer and investigate its history . |
| 4 | It hisses like a snake , growls like a carnivore and snaps out at its tormenter . |
| 5 | It goes like a , sort of like a wax crayon , where it freezes , and I put the glove back on , and you get , you get the hot aches , I mean , when the feeling starts to come back . |
| 6 | Leave the whiskey in oak too long and it tastes like a sack of splinters , but if the ageing is done correctly , it makes the spirit mellow and vanillin-sweet . |
| 7 | It may look like a crumbling chocolate sundae but it tastes like the finest birthday cake you ever had , covered with cream and laced with rum . |
| 8 | Not a bit of it — do not know if W. J. Jakimiuk who was responsible for the Chipmunk 's lovely qualities also devised the Beaver 's agile handling , but I should not be surprised if he did , for it flies like a smaller aeroplane , with light forces and a roll-rate much better than that long high-aspect-ratio wing might suggest . |
| 9 | Airborne , it flies like a dream — once mastery of pitch and rudder trims has been achieved . |
| 10 | And it builds like an entirely reputable building firm . |
| 11 | It stands like a phallic exhortation to the newly-weds living around it , but was a hive of industry once , dating possibly from the seventeenth century . |
| 12 | Now it looks like a scene set from Beau Geste , or one of those biblical epics . |
| 13 | ‘ It looks like a short-term reaction to a short-term situation , partially sparked off by the ridiculous reaction to the August trade figures , ’ Sir Trevor added . |
| 14 | It looks like a scene set from Beau Geste or one of those biblical epics . |
| 15 | And just because it looks like a wild boar with the striped marking or ‘ agouti ’ ( long snout , straight tail and small pointy ears ) , can it be accepted as such without a genetic test ? |
| 16 | The water level drops and then , woosh , up it all comes , first rising like a column — at this stage it looks like a vaguely blue shaggy ink cap toadstool — then blasting itself apart in a flourish of steam . |
| 17 | Another , senior designer from a German competitor ( not BMW ) stated : ‘ I like the crinkled leather on the doors ’ , but could find nothing about the exterior to praise : ‘ It 's design stagnation ; from some angles it looks like a Lincoln . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd even say it looks like a Mazda , notwithstanding Rover 214 wheel covers . |
| 19 | Plainly , there was no such feature in the building prior to its conversion , but its insertion has been undertaken so carefully and with such sensitivity towards the simple , almost primitive shapes and textures of the original interior that it looks like a perfectly natural element . |
| 20 | Consider for example the proposition that the average human possesses one breast and one testicle , a grievous misapplication of statistics no doubt , but less of an affront to logic than the argument of the weather forecaster , seized on by John Allen Paulos : with a 50 per cent chance of rain on Saturday and a 50 per cent chance on Sunday , he declared , ‘ it looks like a 100 per cent chance of rain this weekend ’ . |
| 21 | It looks like a small cottage whose thatch has forgotten to stop , running down all four walls to ground level . |
| 22 | As I said earlier , at first sight it looks like a grey mush . |
| 23 | But it looks like a further sign of the Tories ’ concern that they 're drafting him in . ’ |
| 24 | Encrusted with statues , pillars , and reliefs , it looks like a huge wedding cake in stone . |
| 25 | So , it looks like a promising case for a bit of reciprocal altruism . |
| 26 | As Rubbia says , ‘ It looks like a W , feels like a W , smells like a W ; what we need is more running time ’ . |
| 27 | It looks like a kite . |
| 28 | It looks like a carpet . |
| 29 | It looks like a carpet . |
| 30 | Maxine ( 4.6 ) : It looks like a real monster . |