Example sentences of "[be] [verb] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wings are very broad and thick at the base and the feathers at the end of the wings are parted like the fingers of a human hand . |
| 2 | For tax purposes , zeros are treated like any other share with capital gains after the annual exemption and indexation relief for inflation are taken into account . |
| 3 | Some of the villages rarely see tourists and the most humble visitors are treated like VIPs . |
| 4 | Next of kin and mourners are treated like morons who really should n't be there , as they only delay things and interfere with their role , and any change suggested , or interest expressed in the proceedings by the mourners , is totally unacceptable . |
| 5 | Squig Hoppers are treated like any other cavalry when hit by missile fire . |
| 6 | Other possibilities , Douglas Druick and Suzanne McCullagh of the Art Institute of Chicago would , in the opinion of many , be wonderful for the Met , though it appears highly unlikely either would leave Chicago where , in the words of one collector , ‘ they are treated like gods ’ . |
| 7 | We are treated like buffaloes and horses in our own land . |
| 8 | They are treated like VAT . |
| 9 | Those women who need to gain weight are treated like a rare breed . |
| 10 | We will not tolerate a situation in which the Government are treated like a county council and a county council treated like the Government . |
| 11 | The servants are treated like slaves . |
| 12 | The masonry of the screen wall is rusticated and the orders are treated like those of the Colosseum , but in this case are less strongly defined . |
| 13 | I 'm afraid , you know , that it 's it 's a shame because of , I I feel that if they are stopped like that , to be talked to and quietly and point out , you know , what they |
| 14 | The old certainties that ruled computer industry analysis over the past 30 years are tumbling like autumn leaves , and commercial realities are now eating away at the traditional determination of Japanese companies to forget the bottom line and stick with major product sectors for the long term : Sony Corp says it is considering pulling out of Japan 's competitive word processor market to save the cost of developing and manufacturing new models , Reuter reports from Tokyo ; Sony began making word processors in 1985 and production reached a peak of 10,000 a month ; NEC Corp , Toshiba Corp , Fujitsu Ltd and Sharp Corp now dominate the market and Sony currently makes just 500 of the things a month , a drop in the 1992 market ocean of 2.6m machines . |
| 15 | His splendidly preserved antique desk had been placed like a barrier solidly across the room about two thirds of the way up . |
| 16 | Our people deserve better than to have been treated like this , and the general quality of our society will not rapidly improve unless they are . |
| 17 | If , as the Guardian said , ‘ the campaign barely touched on the issues that will engulf us ’ , this is because we , the people , have been treated like small children , and protected against upsetting debate ; like those news bulletins that warn that scenes we are about to witness may prove disturbing . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been treated like a pin-cushion , but it seems to be working so far , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I 've never been treated like this before . ’ |
| 20 | The story of the RC — which will be given in more detail in another chapter — has still not been fully told , mainly because the documentation on it has been treated like the Crown Jewels . |
| 21 | ‘ Or they should have sold you to some terrible household where you 'd have been treated like a dog . |
| 22 | Edward had never been treated like this before , and he felt dazed , swoonlike . |
| 23 | George Vafa says that in spite of a six-year campaign and taking up his case with a number of legal firms , the Law Society of Scotland , the Scottish legal ombudsman and the Faculty of Advocates , he has failed to gain justice and has been treated like a criminal . |
| 24 | She 'd lost of course all modesty , if she ever had any , but she must have been reared like a pig … her language was indescribably common and coarse , and whether eating , drinking , speaking , washing or even pissing , her vulgarity and idiocy were intolerable . |
| 25 | The thought of entering the disaster area of an elderly widow 's grief and shouldering some of the responsibility for helping her to bear it , and to rebuild what is left of her life , is enough to create feelings of anxiety in anyone ; and admittedly this can be a very difficult assignment , for not only will you be well aware that you are unable to give her the one thing she really wants — the return of her husband — but you will feel , as we all do when faced with the bereaved , that their personality seems suddenly to have been crushed like a flower under the heel of a vandal , showing it to be so fragile and vulnerable that almost any attempt to revive it would seem to be doomed to failure . |
| 26 | But when you are struggling like Everton are at present , you need somebody who will scrap for it and give you that little bit extra in the box . |
| 27 | ‘ Those who call upon great powers are consumed like tinder — emptied out like water . |
| 28 | Well I think it 's er , you know , farmers are reacting like everybody else to this . |
| 29 | ‘ At that age , the kids round here are copulating like rabbits . ’ |
| 30 | In Orkney , favourite destination for many southerners fleeing the rat race , personal computers and modems are proliferating like the local rabbits . |