Example sentences of "[adv] he [be] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what but suddenly he was like a child with a new toy . |
| 2 | Perhaps he was like the people who think they 're Napoleon , or that they 're in love with the Queen . |
| 3 | Inside he is like light is , the way light behaves . |
| 4 | The bit where he like jumping on the lake they 've cut away a bit of the platform so the only way you can do it is jump onto this bit of wood then fly , and literally he was like that , just going in mid air and landed right in the water ! |
| 5 | I mean , he acts like his always , er forty three , he acts like he 's like , fifty sometime , well you you 're older than , you know what I mean , he acts older than you , because as you say , you 'll go on fair rides and |
| 6 | Cos I went up and this bloke was like he was like every time . |
| 7 | He seemed so old a few minutes ago and now he 's like a little kid again . |
| 8 | Well he 's like the pig in the middle again , er they 've told him well unless you drive the waggon backwards and forwards through the gates , well you 're no good to us sort of down the road . |
| 9 | Well he 's like that different taste , never sort of with Christopher stands for what he likes and what he does n't like , shall we mix it round a bit more to mix in ? |
| 10 | I saw the bits coming off her fag She said you stupid bastard well he was like this were n't he ? |
| 11 | and second of all he 'd known her since they were at school , well he was like ten years older , but something like that any way oh brilliant this is back on Jack The Ripper that |
| 12 | Resenence Jeopardy still expected him to work hard , was still friendly and attentive , but had n't he been like that the day before ? |
| 13 | ‘ Sometimes he 's like a grown up man , sometimes like a teenager , ’ said Srdjan of his son 's passionate nature . |
| 14 | How he walks up to me , he sort of looked at me yeah like , like he looked really went hello , give me a kiss then he 's like some old man |
| 15 | There he is like erm a bed sheet with a gob on . |
| 16 | ‘ Maybe he 's like the Khan , ’ Hodai said slyly . |
| 17 | Maybe he was like that with every woman , Spanish chivalry . |
| 18 | Franca , staring at Marcus , thought , he 's like a scientist , no he 's like an architect , if his suit were smarter he could be an art dealer , he 's looking competent and ordinary — and yet he 's still terrible , as he always was . |
| 19 | Tried him with anything the other day when he were like this . |
| 20 | He does not know why he is like this . |
| 21 | That 's why he 's like that today . |
| 22 | I 'm not surprised with all that dashing around , he asks such a lot of you Lynn and I ca n't understand why he 's like that when he says he loves you and everything , and he wants |