Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [modal v] [be] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was afraid that my father would be like that , that when he turned around his eyes would be glass , they would n't take in what they saw . |
| 2 | But until my anticipation turns into apprehension again I will be waiting , imagining what my life will be like in the new school and will I be able to remember where the toilets are . |
| 3 | But as he stood there a few seconds more , holding her eyes relentlessly , Maria was assailed by a sense of what her fate would be like if ever she was weak enough to succumb to the dark , dangerous attraction he held for her . |
| 4 | The lordship in question is the novelist 's , not only in the usual sense , often forgotten , that every word of the novel is his , but also because the speech of its characters can be like that of the narrator , and indeed like that of the writer of Kingsley Amis 's discursive prose . |
| 5 | Most physical scientists are unable to imagine what their subject would be like if there were no elements and no fundamental particles . |
| 6 | He wondered how she had come there , and how long she had been there , and what her voice would be like , and a thousand other ridiculous things , whilst she breathed in and out , ruffling the gold threads of hair . |
| 7 | Its stopping would be like a death in the family . |
| 8 | She was — ; not ashamed of him — but outraged that one of her children should be like that . |
| 9 | My passion is for its numerous Romanesque churches , in most cases humbly proportioned but elevated into unique works of art by the richness of their exquisitely-sculpted decoration ; to go to Poitou/Saintonge and not look at any of its churches would be like going to an African game reserve and ignoring the animals . |
| 10 | I can imagine her house must be like that |
| 11 | His preparation must be like an Olympic athlete 's . |
| 12 | I can not think what his poetry would be like . ’ |
| 13 | She wondered what his replacement would be like . |
| 14 | He is often very callous to Lennie and is constantly reminding him what his life could be like without Lennie . |
| 15 | ‘ The author in his book must be like God in his universe , everywhere present and nowhere visible . ’ |
| 16 | He be , he be , they be , he 'll be in the year below me , but his birthday will be like , mine . |
| 17 | Merrill tried to imagine what his partner would be like , but lack of knowledge blurred the picture . |
| 18 | So I know what your board should be like . |
| 19 | your sons will be like olive shoots |
| 20 | Our universe might be like that — it might have an infinite number of galaxies — but if so , it will have to go on for ever in all directions and would n't be the sort where an astronaut could do a round trip in a straight line . |
| 21 | Your wife will be like a fruitful vine |
| 22 | If you have decided that you want to change things in your life , first you must be able to imagine what your life would be like if it were different . |
| 23 | And your life can be like that . |
| 24 | Spending time with your bass should be like spending time with a good friend . |