1.   A universe that ran like clockwork also evinced design.

2.   Between them girders and gantries of black iron ran like gigantic roadways spanning gulfs of empty air.

3.   He can run like a gazelle and jump like a kangaroo.

4.   He picked up the child and ran like hell.

5.   In the supper room Auguste would be running around like a scalded cat, metaphorically if not literally.

6.   In those days it was run like a boot camp-the army used to come and teach the girls formation Marching.

7.   It had reinforced her awareness of time racing by, running like grains of sand through your fingers.

8.   Shadows ran down like rivers from the airy uplands, filling the depths with a gathering chill.

9.   She ran like the wind down the stairs to escape.