Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [pers pn] [was/were] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps it was like one of those big animals Grimma had showed him in a book once . |
| 2 | Or maybe it was like the ball in a roulette wheel , bouncing around and looking for the right number … |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | Ordinarily , I get a trifle fidgety around females who ca n't leave their faces alone , but this one had a good excuse and anyway it was like watching an artist in front of a canvas . |
| 5 | Did you see that one erm with where the , really old boy on a scrap yard , like a , and and then it was like a huge park ! |
| 6 | I do n't know what but suddenly he was like a child with a new toy . |
| 7 | But now it was like being on the launch pad — the craft standing on its end with the nose upwards and me sitting there facing upwards being pulled down into the back of the seat by gravity . |