Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [is] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking about , about image , I mean my body 's like a sumo wrestler without my clothes on |
| 2 | If you really want to know what rabies is like , turn to pp 120–125 of David Anne 's vivid and powerful Rabid ( 1977 ) . |
| 3 | They do n't agree with one-night stands and they want to know what sex is like for girls . |
| 4 | money out if yo you do n't know what kid 's like . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you know what hell is like , Quigley ? ’ |
| 6 | Is it possible for the inmates to make the visitors understand what life is like for them , without arousing the hostility of the Warden ? |
| 7 | The key to the underlying tension here is in the line : ‘ Is it possible for the inmates to make the visitors understand what life is like for them without arousing the hostility of the Warden ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But Dad , I feel so ashamed to think that Mr and Mrs Lewis will 'ave ter mix with our kind of neighbours , and you know what Mum 's like when she 's 'ad a few drinks . ’ |
| 9 | THERE are a handful of clubs who know what life is like at the top and the bottom . |
| 10 | ‘ You know what life 's like at home , ’ Aubrey said . |
| 11 | ‘ That bridge wo n't stand another flash flood , an' yer know what t'Wharfe 's like when it rains , do n't yer ? ’ |
| 12 | " I only sneezed a couple of times … but you know what mother is like , " Patrick said defensively . |
| 13 | Those who bear the blame are the old men , men who know what war is like . |
| 14 | Work Experience is an excellent way of helping you to understand what work is like . |
| 15 | ‘ Criticising my age is like a footballer going for the man rather than the ball . |
| 16 | It 's a bald statistic which can not really tell what life is like for those bound up in its flat figures . |
| 17 | The island is a microcosm of the world therefore Golding only has to describe what mankind is like anyway . |
| 18 | You do n't do actions when you , when you do my love is like a red rose . |
| 19 | Yes , of course he is , he is a poor child I hate to think what Christmas is like for some people . |
| 20 | The starts of Flatliners ( 15 ) — including off-screen lovers Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland — find a way to die for a few minutes just to see what life is like ‘ on the other side ’ . |
| 21 | He said your body is like a book in which men may read strange things , a foreign country in which they may travel with delight . |
| 22 | In pressing Esau further to accept his gifts , he declares , ‘ … for truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God , so kindly have you received me . ’ |
| 23 | But Lynch believes his church is like a large boat which should be able to take his views on board . |
| 24 | One just ca n't imagine what prison is like from outside . |