Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [pron] [modal v] [be] like " in BNC.

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1 The thing is , if they always give you and you , your , nine times out of ten what they do is like , is either , they either put a can over there or a beer or something , they put it over the end of the , the weapon pull the trigger and that , even with a flash that can go like that , and then they show you one with the , the erm flashes right which have more powerful than the and they 've actually got same again same charge as a life grenade in , but it just plain cardboard so , obviously no trap , but if you lay on them ooh er , you get or something you do n't throw what they do now is they put one they light one , put the helmet over the top of it and make it lit , it runs like buggery and it 'll go a hundred , a hundred and fifty foot up in the air and inside it looks like its been and where its been in the thing it 'll be like er , six seventy foot off the ground , I mean I laid on one once and I , landed about two foot too my left so I 've rolled over , rolled , rolled , and rolled , as I 've rolled I 've rolled over on my back and I 've had all loads of over , like the , I had a roll there its like the er
2 Now that Travis had got hold of the scent he would be like a bloodhound , and there was no knowing what Lori would inadvertently reveal .
3 If I was a scientist it would be like finding a cure for for a disease or a technological breakthrough .
4 The wonderful vision arose of a publication which would be like the minutes of a gigantic nationwide meeting .
5 I had a tremendous sense of bereavement — it hurt inside — I had no idea it would be like that . ’
6 People who do not suffer from tinnitus are usually astonished and say , wide-eyed , ‘ I had no idea it could be like that . ’
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