Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] be like " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Therefore , I must say that Wedgwood 's response was like a breath of fresh air . |
| 2 | The dead merchant 's skin was like the cold scales of a fish . |
| 3 | John Uff QC , writing in Keating on Building Contracts ( at p925 ) , states that the engineer 's decision is like that of a valuer . |
| 4 | person 's kitchen is like ? |
| 5 | Adam 's mum 's like that . |
| 6 | A Sechem 's mind was like a sponge , soaking up information until a connection could be made between apparently unrelated areas of scientific fact . |
| 7 | There is a whole host of places where we are told that God 's action is like the wind strong , boisterous , uncontrollable . |
| 8 | Alas , being the best man at an actor 's wedding is like trying to direct an actor who wants to direct . |
| 9 | Aud Audrey 's boy is like me dad , he is i n't it when you look at him |
| 10 | Shamim 's village is like many others from which Pakistani immigrants have come to Britain . |
| 11 | Auntie 's laugh is like a man 's laugh — deep and loud . |
| 12 | Mrs Berry 's nose was like a red berry ? |
| 13 | If you knows like how my big cock , my Dad 's cock 's like this . |
| 14 | Vasulka 's video is like high-speed collage , into which he incorporates documentary film , photographs , slogans , and — most hauntingly — songs . |
| 15 | For all who met her , of course , the fact of Belle 's self was like finding a rock in the ocean , or waking from nightmares to find yourself warm and safe . |
| 16 | Ilbrec 's anger was like vast waves of light rolling and breaking . |
| 17 | Until fairly recently , translations from Horace were not designed to serve the simple informative purpose of telling an inquisitive reader what Horace 's writing was like , what sort of thing might be found in his poems , and whether it might be worth learning a little Latin to find out more . |
| 18 | The Government 's policy is like an ailing comedy , carry on , except it 's carry on regardless of professional and public opinion . |
| 19 | The Ulsterman 's scorn was like a blowtorch , then he turned away , clicked his fingers at Bellybutton , and the two of them were gone . |
| 20 | JJ 's music is like a breath of fresh air . |
| 21 | S. Mary 's Church is like Freckenhorst Abbey Church on the west front and has westwerk pattern in the form of a formidable fortified wall with small twin towers . |
| 22 | James Kelman 's stories make clear what life is like in Glasgow , and what James Kelman 's life is like . |
| 23 | May I take the liberty of reminding the right hon. Gentleman of his relative 's famous quote in relation to his own personal position : that each man 's life is like a diary in which we set out to write one account and finish up writing something different and that our most humble moment comes when we compare what we have written with that which we intended to write . |
| 24 | Perhaps Sutherland 's life is like a ’ small ’ movie . |
| 25 | Mr Major said Opposition leader John Smith 's message was like Napoleon 's : ‘ Not tonight Josephine , we 'll debate it at some other time ’ . |
| 26 | Aye , Leigh 's ma is like an elephant . |
| 27 | Silas 's voice was like granite . |
| 28 | He said that Fatima 's beauty was like the moon and the stars — ’ |
| 29 | Nick 's dad 's like that . |
| 30 | An iron fist in a velvet glove : Victor Gauntlett ( left ) of Aston Martin was ‘ a jolly nice chap in 1980 ’ when the company 's structure was like a museum display , a structure he modernised |