Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I mean , Emma 's no slouch in the looks department , as you know , but this Cindy of yours is like — well , like something turned out by a machine . |
| 2 | You ca n't tell yours is like sandpaper . |
| 3 | After 'e 'as 'is tea 'e falls asleep in that chair an' 'e 's like that till it 's time for bed . |
| 4 | So theirs is like the way I think . |
| 5 | She might have quietened down a bit by now , but you know what she 's like . ’ |
| 6 | She 's like one of them underwater swimmers I seen on telly — you know , all slow and graceful like . |
| 7 | She 's like that now — her eyes are all bright and shiny in the sun . |
| 8 | ‘ See , ducks , this Mrs Hollidaye what we 're going to see , her clothes are that shabby , but she 's like a real lady . |
| 9 | She 's like a little doll ’ said Morrissey . |
| 10 | ‘ See what she 's like tonight , this Miss Harker . |
| 11 | Or is it that she 's like Barbara Hervey ? |
| 12 | rose , she 's like the red , red . |
| 13 | ‘ She 's like the rest , really . |
| 14 | Most social workers who are in touch with the elderly disabled living alone hear the praises of their Home Helps sung time and time again : ‘ She 's like a daughter to me ’ , and ‘ I do n't know what I 'd do without her ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's like the cat that 's got the cream , ’ he thought , and indeed , there was an air of self-satisfied sleekness about Tamar . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's like a skeleton … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You know what she 's like . ’ |
| 18 | She 's like a daughter , the daughter I never had , and I lie awake at nights thinking what 's going to happen to her when I 'm gone , because men being what they are , they 'll take her on because of the money . |
| 19 | She 's like an annoying twin to me . |
| 20 | ‘ She 's like a tiny doll and I tower above her , ’ says Sue . |
| 21 | You know what she 's like . " |
| 22 | " She 's like a beanpole ! " he remarked , and the young man gave a high-pitched giggle . |
| 23 | She 's like you , Dan , that 's the trouble . |
| 24 | ‘ She 's like a wild animal . |
| 25 | That would make her so mercenary , and I do n't believe she 's like that . |
| 26 | ‘ She 's like a bit of laundry that 's been left out to dry too long , till it gets bleached and stiff . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ She 's like a lot of other people , ’ Maureen said wryly . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's a kind of sleep , and she does n't feel pain while she 's like that . |
| 29 | She 's like a wounded animal that knows instinctively how it can be cured . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ She 's like a trapped animal , and she upsets me . |