Example sentences of "like they [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In this back street , ’ he said , ‘ they were making coffins like they were going out of fashion . ’ |
| 2 | The birds just sort of bob their heads like they 're wind up toys . |
| 3 | ‘ Like they 're inside my head and telling me what to do . |
| 4 | up the stones and so the , they like they 're alight . |
| 5 | Well annoying you like they 're watching a porno . |
| 6 | It depends on your lifestyle you live , though , cos I got friends who are just like ah , I do n't like and you have to excuse my hairy legs running or something , I mean , I just like they 're like this , and they 've got like black hair about this long , and I 'm like oh my God , oh my God , you 're just like |
| 7 | R's like they are putting you in a helpless position and expecting you to be able to operate from there . |
| 8 | He says things like they are . |
| 9 | ‘ I want police like they are on television , like The Bill , where they get stuck right in , ’ says one boy . |
| 10 | One lesson he can be really soft and anyone could get away with murder ( well , almost ) and the next lesson he goes all strict on you and starts giving out lines and detentions like they were past their sell-by date . |
| 11 | But our spy at the Barcelona Olympics tells us : ‘ Barbara was hugging Boris 's parents like they were her own . |
| 12 | We see another bunch of outdoor reporters huddled into their coat collars , clutching mikes like they were chocolate lollies . |
| 13 | I was dialling it when I heard the door of Flat 2 open and I glanced over my shoulder to see Fenella , who had added pyjama trousers to her stripey shirt , and Lisabeth , in an ankle-length woollen dressing-gown , creeping down the stairs like they were doing a commercial for a new edition of A. A. Milne books . |