Example sentences of "[verb] to [be] like this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to be like this , he thought . |
| 2 | I was paid good money for 3½ years to do something about the problems of North Shields and a particular component of doing something was describing what things were like , giving an account of how they had come to be like this , and attempting to understand why the process had happened as it had . |
| 3 | ‘ Is it always going to be like this ? |
| 4 | ‘ You knew it was going to be like this , Frank , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Was the whole book going to be like this ? |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , but , you see , ’ said Masklin firmly , ‘ if I do n't try , then it 's always going to be like this . |
| 7 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 8 | We need an injection off money from somewhere to spend on 2/3 quality players plus strengthening the squad with a couple of decent reserves or the next few seassons are going to be like this until the youth side is mature enough to carry the burden . |
| 9 | Was he going to be like this towards every woman his younger brother brought home ? |
| 10 | ‘ If I 'd known it was going to be like this I 'd have gone ages ago ! ’ |
| 11 | more often than he was , but it did n't use to be like this . |
| 12 | Most action was bound to be like this — a span , long or short , in which one did nothing — could do nothing except be at the mercy of one 's nerves — and then the moment , the test … |
| 13 | It is part of the natural spontaneity of the action , and it is bound to be like this . ’ |
| 14 | Sir , — Election time does not have to be like this , and it would n't be if politicians did n't behave like cocks , strutting their stuff ! |
| 15 | Meeting Thomas reminded me that human relations do n't have to be like this , that in other countries you open your account in credit , and unless you squander that goodwill by behaving like a complete arsehole , the mutual warmth continues to grow with every subsequent encounter , as though it were natural for human beings to get on together . |
| 16 | But it does n't have to be like this . |
| 17 | " Yes , but I wish it did n't have to be like this . |
| 18 | Er , the economic situation is is entirely their fault , er , not that I 'm saying that the Labour would do any better , but erm I 'd like to see a bit more er , a bit more opposition from the er , from the Labour party and er , not so much direct action , but saying , you know , things do not have to be like this ! |
| 19 | Er that they are changing a whole range o of non-economic variables which allow the peasant the world to see the world does n't have to be like this we can actually question the landlord and not only can we get away with it but we can get something out of it . |
| 20 | No , I think it 's just that it just seems to be like this every year now Peter , that everybody tends to erm wait until the last minute . |
| 21 | that feel a bit , caravans that we used to go to were like this chalet . |
| 22 | Oh , of course the opposite happens in a group , I mean what happens in groups you know therapeutic groups tend to be like this one , they sit in circles and they , they kind of focus on very often on the leader who often plays a very , very powerful role even if they claim not to . |
| 23 | How did things get to be like this ? |
| 24 | ‘ It was n't meant to be like this . ’ |