Example sentences of "be [adv] like [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People concerned about their recently deceased relative or friend are rather like me in my garden . |
| 2 | It would have been just like her to take a method like this to exact a petty revenge for their disagreements , landing Folly with a pile of unwanted stock that she could n't refuse without souring relations with her supplier . |
| 3 | And you are just like her , with the same blond hair . ’ |
| 4 | The rest of my family are just like me . |
| 5 | and if these people , who are just like you , write in and have their letters printed here , why ca n't you write in and receive the same treatment ? |
| 6 | You 're so like her . |
| 7 | Then she said , ‘ You 're so like him . |
| 8 | You 're so like him . |
| 9 | They 'll see that we 're just like them . |
| 10 | In the middle of the sex this man whispered in Boy 's ear , you 're just like him , you know , you 're just like him you are . |
| 11 | In the middle of the sex this man whispered in Boy 's ear , you 're just like him , you know , you 're just like him you are . |
| 12 | ( You 're just like him . ) |
| 13 | You 're just like me , you need your sleep . |
| 14 | You 're just like me , I understand you . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And because of that application form , Matthew thinks that you 're just like me — that you 'll stretch the rules a bit to get what you want . |
| 16 | Oh , shit , you 're just like me , you are . |
| 17 | " But they 're just like mine ! |
| 18 | When a lady in Debenhams said to me , ‘ Ooh , you 're just like you are ! ’ |
| 19 | They 're just like you and me really — jolly good friends . ’ |
| 20 | I only wish there had been more like him in my life . ’ |
| 21 | Now , if I had been more like you , Catherine … |
| 22 | But my mother 's never been a great one for housework and I think my standards are probably like hers … as long as things do n't get filthy , I 'm happy , but a lot of people would n't be satisfied with that . |
| 23 | Thus yellow and roundness might be intrinsic properties of a yellow ball as being among the properties in virtue of the possession of which another ball might be exactly like it . |
| 24 | It would be just like her to expect some recompense for whoever caused the crash . |
| 25 | It would be just like him to regard a child as a competitor for my affections . ’ |
| 26 | It would be just like him to salve the fractured heart with chemicals . |
| 27 | It would be just like him . |
| 28 | It would be just like him . |
| 29 | " It would be just like them . |
| 30 | Moore 's view would be , I take it , that someone might know exactly what that state of mind was like , either by personal experience or imagination , without recognizing that it was bad , as he could not without taking in all those properties by sharing which another state of mind would be just like it . |