Example sentences of "he be [adv] like [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he were n't like that when they came he were n't like erm Wayne , Celia 's Wayne , I mean he 's been like it forever |
| 2 | You do n't know my husband , Captain — he 's not like this ; he 's an impatient man and used to having his own way , but he is n't like this . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ So he 's just like all the rest , ’ thought Simon , ‘ a loser . ’ |
| 4 | He 's not like all the rest . |
| 5 | He 's not like that . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , he 's not like that . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He 's not like that , I tell you . |
| 8 | He 's not like that . |
| 9 | He 's not like that . |
| 10 | It 's really annoying , he 's not like that at home it 's just that Pip I think Pip intimidates him |
| 11 | You do n't know my husband , Captain — he 's not like this ; he 's an impatient man and used to having his own way , but he is n't like this . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ That 's right , ’ Travis agreed , ‘ though he 's more like another brother to me , ’ he added , and went on to explain , ‘ His parents were killed in an accident the year I was born . |
| 13 | you know , that he 's actually like that . |
| 14 | ( ‘ He 's always like that , he does it deliberately . ’ ) |
| 15 | And they were all saying oh but he 's always like that ! |
| 16 | I 'm sorry about Antonio 's behaviour , but he 's always like this when he 's had a couple of drinks . ’ |
| 17 | He 's still like that |
| 18 | He was just like all the others . |
| 19 | But he was n't like that at all , in fact . |
| 20 | But he was n't like some I could mention — never that sort of noisy , knocking-it-down guy . |
| 21 | He was n't like this before you came in . ’ |
| 22 | He used to , he was not like that when he was a young man he |
| 23 | He was always like that . |
| 24 | He was always like that when there was a row — he cried , he did n't want to hear , yet somehow he had to listen . |
| 25 | Despite the fact that both mother and teacher said that he was always like this , it happened on average three times a day only after he was asked to do something other than play by himself . |
| 26 | And the old lady when he was out like that , before and he used to go to Framlingham carrying the bags and such like , and then deliver , come back poor old boy ! |