Example sentences of "place like a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He treats this place like a dressing room , him and his groundhopping mates . |
| 2 | At Burwalls , he and the Warden , Jock Sloane , ran the place like a couple of jolly uncles . |
| 3 | Jean Gray ( the former head ) ran this place like a headmistress . |
| 4 | The conversation was hopping all over the place like a dakkabug on a griddle . |
| 5 | Then we 'll go through this place like a dose of salts . |
| 6 | Alvin Stardust , looking distinctly unlike Alvin Stardust , is well cast as Eric , the burly club owner and a father figure to the kids who treat his place like a home from home . |
| 7 | ‘ Aye , me and one of my mates have been going round the Forestry Commission tracks up in the hills , goin' round at fifty , skiddin' all over the place like a speedway . ’ |
| 8 | Repeatedly the theme of making the work place like a family was touched upon , and while higher management were not referred to as ‘ parents ’ it was clear that in feeling they were so regarded . |
| 9 | He gently replaced her hand on her knee and said , " You 'll have the place like a palace in no time . " |