Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [be] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you forty pee it 's like eight pounds |
| 2 | I expect he was like all the rest indoors , could n't find his way out of a paper bag . |
| 3 | Well , I mean , say it 's like that where you just polishing with a cloth or something |
| 4 | I say it 's like him him not paying his poll tax . |
| 5 | But as i say it was like that for two or three years . |
| 6 | And then when I came to What Do You Want it was like an whole new world had opened up to me . |
| 7 | Oh it was terrible when Jackie went in , god her , her leg it was like two of my legs |
| 8 | and then the first day I stop , I 've usually got flu , I 'm exhausted , I ca n't get out of bed , I feel rotten , but if I keep going for like , three weeks to a month , just on six hours , that 's fine , but the first day I stop I 'm like , in bed for a week ill usually . |
| 9 | It was D E F , DEF it was like , like the |
| 10 | ‘ That 's precisely what I imagine it 's like , Sonic Youth playing over a Mondays track , ’ agrees Hugo , as Sam starts espousing the virtues of ‘ Bummed ’ and how ‘ the best bands do n't know what their appeal is ’ . |
| 11 | I want to have this man drive me in his car all night long , for us never to arrive anywhere … but if we should then let the gates swing silently open , let there be a long gravel drive , let it be like when the young master comes home from school . |
| 12 | When you backshift it 's like the chain 's come off so I just use the rear brake to settle the suspension and stop the rear end from going crazy . ’ |
| 13 | I mean you 're like me , you want profession , you do n't just come out and throw it , like that , you see |
| 14 | mm thing is , I mean you 're like that are n't ya ? |
| 15 | tulip tulip , I mean you 're like a roving little advert are n't you ? |
| 16 | Look it 's like a slide . |
| 17 | Look it 's like a magnet for your knob . |
| 18 | You know everyone 's like , |
| 19 | I know because I , I mean you see I know I 'm like that and I know I , I I have to look away sometimes with Derek |
| 20 | Well , I know there are like , problems for women , they 're discriminated against , but I think if you 've got the drive and the motivation I think you can overcome these problems . |
| 21 | and it also depends what 's in Ecstasy cos people put all sorts of shit into Ecstasy nowadays , you know , they just , you know there 's like R Rataseed and y you know , stuff that you put on the lawn and , you know cos it , it 's cheap is n't it ? |
| 22 | I remember it as , I think , I think I think I remember there was like three or four people inside it or something , certainly was n't a |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | I know they 're like the |
| 25 | He just is , just totally different to what I remember him being like . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , I know it 's like crying wolf , ’ Harriet nodded . |
| 27 | P You know it 's like living in a moving caravan , but you 're coming along anyway ! ( not acceptable for shared yacht bookings ) |
| 28 | I know it 's like it 's like like the train station , is n't it ? |
| 29 | I know we used the video but that was for a very specific reason but if you know have you ever been to one of those lectures where there 's there 's overheads going on here and then they go and they write on there and they you have some slides and then you have a video and then you know it 's like being at Wimbledon . |
| 30 | you know it 's like er , erm it 's right soft |