Example sentences of "i [modal v] [adv] [be] like " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | No that , do n't be like that like duck , no , no , oh I must n't be like that , no |
| 2 | I 'll never be like Chuck Berry and Little Richard — that ‘ oldie but goodie ’ vibe |
| 3 | Or turn into a bitchy ginny misery like M ( no , I could n't be like her ) . |
| 4 | I do n't like , just , I could n't be like Deirdre and , put me overall on and in go in without collecting me thoughts getting myself together Deirdre never arrives till about three minutes before she gets in the door , she 's putting her overall on saying come on ladies , its time were , but she 's putting her overall and on , and they all sit there looking at her and so |
| 5 | Mind you , I 'd rather be like that . |
| 6 | I vowed there and then that I would n't be like that again . ’ |
| 7 | I would not be like this . |
| 8 | I 've always excused myself-I 've said , I 'm kind and tolerant with everyone else , she 's the one person I ca n't be like that with , and there has to be an exception to the general rule . |
| 9 | I do n't want young people to think , ‘ Oh that 's Martin Luther King — I ca n't be like him ’ . |
| 10 | absolutely filthy , oh I ca n't be like it , I said she did n't ground it just dirt |
| 11 | ‘ Then I sha n't be like it , ’ he said , equally firmly . |
| 12 | Surely I can not be like the old murmuring Israelites , to long after the onions and garlic of Egypt when they had suffered there such heavy bondage ? |