Example sentences of "be like [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right sort of literary experience can be like a nuclear explosion , whereas the ‘ human expressiveness ’ that Scholes detects in the humblest graffito is more like the low-level radioactivity that is always present in the natural environment . |
| 2 | ‘ It will eventually happen and when it does it will be like a release valve . |
| 3 | But life under Labour would be like a nuclear winter . ’ |
| 4 | He may be like a banana tree or a coconut tree , half human in appearance , revolting in every way , but caring for him is still a woman 's duty if he 's her husband . |
| 5 | Here — ’ she smiled — ‘ it will be like a railway station , people coming and going — staying , too . |
| 6 | Its stopping would be like a death in the family . |
| 7 | When this happens , the records get harder to listen to , the music gets to be like a reproach , stirring up the taunting ghosts of prematurely foregone dreams . |
| 8 | Sure , it gets to be like a supermarket of history , pick'n'mix , and yeah , I do n't know what happened to labour history , working class dignity … ‘ |
| 9 | She wanted to be like a star . |
| 10 | So I really want you to be like a proper sort of little girl . |
| 11 | I do n't want to be like a medieval inquisitor . |
| 12 | I suppose I thought it would be like a hospital ward , but it 's quite like an ordinary nursery , really , except it 's so dull . |
| 13 | ‘ It 'll be like a holiday . ’ |
| 14 | Above it , is a cloud so dense it appears to be like a girder , half of it molten . |
| 15 | After all , it would n't be like a magic ring . |
| 16 | Your wife will be like a fruitful vine |
| 17 | I thought it might be like a clan gathering … but why the hell should it be . |
| 18 | You must be like a piece of wood in the ocean : wood always floats to the surface , even though it is rolled over and held under . ’ |
| 19 | I enjoy band work but it can be like a habit , to the detriment of our normal lives . |
| 20 | That would be like a holiday in itself . |
| 21 | He believed that ‘ a club should be like a big family , with all members of it sticking and pulling together under one head ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Must be like a swamp after all the heavy rain we 've had . |
| 23 | In effect , each DHA would be like a Health Maintenance Organisation . |
| 24 | But one has to be careful , a piece of derelict land can be like a magnet in attracting further dereliction . |
| 25 | ‘ We can be like a flea on their backs , but we have to be ready when they turn over . |
| 26 | Translated into terms of visual experience , this would be like a semi-transparent door with extra light coming in around all the cracks . |
| 27 | James ( 4.2 ) : When I 'm grown up big I shall be like a giant , and I shall be up here and I shall look down at you and you will say , ‘ What are you doing up there ? ’ |
| 28 | For this to happen the Church must be like a beacon shining through the darkness , an example of love and justice to the rest of society . |
| 29 | The social worker will be like a skilled ‘ friend ’ to them , who can help them in many areas of their life , perhaps by suggesting ways of overcoming loneliness by putting them in contact with the type of activity , club , Day Centre or workshop that would interest them , and arranging suitable transport for this ; or , if they are not particularly keen on group social activities , sometimes by finding individual volunteers to visit them and take them out ; although it should be remembered that no social worker or voluntary visitor can ever be a real substitute for care from their own family . |
| 30 | Some people may ‘ hear ’ the Niagara Falls in their right ear and Euston Station in their left ; tinnitus may be like a continuous high-pitched whistle or the rhythmic sound of a repeated loud , squelchy thump . |