Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm very worried that my mouth may remain like this and feel something must have gone wrong when the tooth was removed . |
| 2 | It rarely speaks , though if frightened it may bleat like a goat . |
| 3 | Suppressing emotions Rather than letting the emotional blockages out , the person demands logic , rationality ( ‘ Let's not get emotional' or ‘ Please , let's act like adults ’ ) . |
| 4 | Make sure that you ask about any residents who may behave like that . |
| 5 | Daddy may act like that — none of us are all that good — but he never means it . |
| 6 | But although a woman psychologist may act like one of the boys , her sex never becomes irrelevant to her work . |
| 7 | Please ask his advice and then go and get your books , and let's behave like a normal family . |
| 8 | This is sometimes described in the catch phrase that we must treat like cases alike . |
| 9 | This particular demand of political morality is not in fact well described in the catch phrase that we must treat like cases alike . |
| 10 | It must remain like that . ’ |
| 11 | Scattered and divided , we must act like all true liberation armies . |
| 12 | ‘ Well ’ Peggy drained her glass before walking to the table and placing it in the tray , and her back to her mother , she , said , ‘ When one is an executive one must act like an executive , must n't one ? ’ |
| 13 | If the covert researcher is not to arouse suspicion , then he or she must behave like a believer , not stepping out of line by questioning or exhibiting too much curiosity about the functioning of the organisation . |
| 14 | If you wish to be regarded as a proper model , you must behave like one . |
| 15 | ANIMALS in dispute over some valuable resource , like food or mates , should behave like rational humans playing games , John Maynard smith of the University of Sussex first suggested in the early 1970s . |
| 16 | This does not mean you should behave like an automaton . |
| 17 | If I should behave like that , however neurotic and intolerant it may seem , there is nonetheless a consistency and logic to my behaviour . |
| 18 | Western diplomats wonder why Mr Suharto , a man who has near royal status in Indonesia , should behave like an everyday politician who likes to see his name in print . |
| 19 | I do n't understand why the council should act like this . |
| 20 | Amiss wondered vaguely why ffeatherstonehaugh 's head waiter should speak like a prep-school master of the 1950s . |
| 21 | The garden for them should feel like an extra sitting room , gnat-ridden perhaps , damp occasionally , but an important overflow of living space . |
| 22 | Or , apropos of the necessity of having a good historical imagination when reading , ‘ I had much rather know what I should feel like if I adopted the beliefs of Lucretius than how Lucretius would have felt if he had never entertained them . ’ |
| 23 | It should feel like an event . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I called him in , expressed my gratitude at his willingness to hold the fort in the boarding annexe , and then … offered him a sherry , if he should feel like it , later on . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's wonderful that you should feel like this about Olly . |
| 26 | When Madame Denis asked him why he went to such lengths , he answered , ‘ Esther , one should do like the good God ; from time to time one should go and live among His own . ’ |
| 27 | Away from her , he must feel like a boy let out of school . |
| 28 | Can you imagine what it must feel like to our Stella ? ’ p |
| 29 | It is a sad sight for not only is it a famous Belfast landmark but to anyone who has spent an enjoyable evening there taking in anything from a popular musical to a classic play it must feel like a personal loss . |
| 30 | This comparison may form the crucial part of a description ; later on , using comparison as a criterion , that a portrait should look like the sitter , that landscape should look natural , and the objects in a still life should be identifiable , a critic can use it as part of an evaluation . |