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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using RavSoft;

namespace StringParserExample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // The corpus
            string corpus = @"
                I'm crafty like a fox.  But it's not as if anyone cares.
                Covered as an examine so regular of. Ye astonished friendship
                remarkably like a potentiometer.  Windows admire matter praise
                you as if they really care. Delivered ye sportsmen zealously
                like an elephant who never forgets.  Nay any article enabled
                musical shyness yet sixteen yet blushes.";

            // Initialization
            List<string> similies = new List<string>();
            string phrase = null;
            StringParser sp = new StringParser(corpus);

            // Get phrases following "like a"
            while (sp.skipToEndOf(" like a ")) {
                if (sp.extractTo(".", ref phrase)) {
                    similies.Add(phrase);
                }
            }

            // Get phrases following "as if"
            sp.resetPosition();
            while (sp.skipToEndOf(" as if ")) {
                if (sp.extractTo(".", ref phrase)) {
                    similies.Add(phrase);
                }
            }

            // Output results
            foreach(string similie in similies.OrderBy(p => p)) {
                Console.WriteLine(similie);
            }
        }
    }
}