| Each stage ran like clockwork and bands had nothing but nice comments for the entire affair. |
| You couldn't always expect things to go smoothly like clockwork, but he did. |
| Well, listen, when I dealt with women who were having crack-addicted babies every year like clockwork, I didn't like them particularly. |
| Everything ran like clockwork for the Irish fivesome who had to quickly move on to launches in Belfast, Edinburgh, Manchester and London. |
| A mouse runs up the side of a sack like a clockwork toy, then suddenly stops dead and watches me with his little eyes like tiny jet beads. |
| A picnic atmosphere prevailed and thankfully everything ran like clockwork, even with a huge entry of over 200 competitors. |
