Example sentences of "like [pers pn] [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't much like you being a property shark , I suppose ? ’ |
| 2 | Like I was a horse or something . |
| 3 | They 're all statues and I 'm dancing into the gaps between them , rolling into the spaces like I 'm a ball of water — a red watery marble rolling along the street and nobody ca n't see me and nobody ca n't catch me . |
| 4 | Sometimes when you 're doing radio interviews they introduce you like you 're a '70s rock star making a comeback . |
| 5 | The cab driver looks at Jenny 's legs like she was a whore or something . |
| 6 | But i I must say I like it is a marvellous thing to be able to do that ! |
| 7 | And then you get yourself pregnant and they treat you like it 's a sin . |
| 8 | When you say it cost me an arm and a leg , you 're thinking in word pictures if you like it 's a metaphor and er in the in the picture it 's by the er Long John by the Long John Silver figure having not only one leg , but also one arm as well . |
| 9 | I like it being a passenger oh I do n't like driving and the wheel 's on the wrong side . |
| 10 | Like it was a foreign language . ’ |
| 11 | Like it was a secret . |
| 12 | Yeah I said to her if you look up what they were I 'll pay you for them and I 'll have them if you like he 's a real sweetheart he 's a good boy yeah Look what I bought today Tony . |
| 13 | More modern hymns and I should have thought , you know , er I would have liked him being a little more up to date |