Example sentences of "he [be] like the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is like the poet Ausonius , alas — that Silver Age abstainer from the world and connoisseur of oysters . |
| 2 | ‘ He is like the weather forecast , that one . |
| 3 | An Arabic poet compares purposeless human qualities with kushooth — a dodder species from which the Latin Cuscuta is possibly derived — with the line : ‘ He is like the kushooth ; for he has neither root , leaves , fragrance , shade of fluit ’ . |
| 4 | Frieda Lawrence said of her husband : ‘ I must say he is like the English in the bulldog quality of hanging on . |
| 5 | He is like the filter used in film-making to reverse daylight and night effects , a technique known as ‘ day for night ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted to tell you , ’ she said , ‘ the Conductor — he 's like the captain of a ship — knows that you 're our security you want , and to let you go everywhere in the train without question , including the engines , as long as the two engineers — they 're the train-drivers — permit it , which he says they will once he 's talked to them . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll tell him , Frank , but he 's like the old man . |
| 8 | ‘ Maybe he 's like the Khan , ’ Hodai said slyly . |
| 9 | He 's like my car , he 's like the fucking Fiasco — way past his best , giving everyone grief , and burning up money and rubber and oil . |
| 10 | Well he 's like the pig in the middle again , er they 've told him well unless you drive the waggon backwards and forwards through the gates , well you 're no good to us sort of down the road . |
| 11 | He 's like the Scarlet Pimpernel — totally elusive . ’ |
| 12 | I think he 's , he 's like the other day when he was here he was talking about how he was turning over a new leaf and stuff . |
| 13 | No that 's like that in erm Spiderman and he 's like the Punisher and he 's dressed in green . |
| 14 | He looks like him but he 's in green and he 's like the Punisher but he 's trigger happy boy . |
| 15 | He was like the bloke who you saw right through the film overseeing the whole operation , just standing there sticking little pins into a map . |
| 16 | Perhaps he was like the people who think they 're Napoleon , or that they 're in love with the Queen . |
| 17 | He was like the bandleaders her Gran remembered , in a crisp collar , soothing through a megaphone . |
| 18 | He was like the man in a traffic jam who curses all the other cars for taking his road , but he did n't see it that way . |
| 19 | He was like the pellet-fed rainbows in the Fishery waters near Penny 's parents . |
| 20 | He was like the squirrel with his bright clear skin , his healthy curls and gleaming eyes : not at all a sullen , greedy , domestic beast , destined for an ignominious end . |
| 21 | He was like the rest of the lifers , he did n't need me any more . |
| 22 | Christ , Arthur was no oil-painting , but he was like the Winged Victory compared with him ! ’ |
| 23 | It seemed that he was like the poet with his nosegay of visionary flowers : |
| 24 | He was like the vicar or the mayor , ’ says Italo . |
| 25 | He was like the ‘ building blocks ’ to Lennie 's happy life , patient and like a brother to him . |
| 26 | is it , ah , they used to be su , according to everyone he was such a so and so , he er , he 's , he used to be barmy , he was like the clo , close barmy man and he used to like chase people around with bricks and stuff and everyone used to hate him and like Julian and Andy used to beat him up all the time |