Example sentences of "like they were " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | But our spy at the Barcelona Olympics tells us : ‘ Barbara was hugging Boris 's parents like they were her own . |
| 4 | We see another bunch of outdoor reporters huddled into their coat collars , clutching mikes like they were chocolate lollies . |
| 5 | 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 . |