Example sentences of "[verb] be like " in BNC.

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1 Stopping would 've been like looking away from a hypnotist 's swinging silver watch .
2 I begin to get some idea of what the Roman games must 've been like . ’
3 The instructions provide a generative programme , the folding and unfolding are like the contractions and changes in contact in cell sheets in the embryo .
4 The kind of songs I sit there and enjoy singing are like ‘ Eternal Flame ’ , songs that have rich melodies . ’
5 This is what it has been like during the dry season in Brazil for the past two years .
6 ‘ Christopher , ’ said Francis to Jane , who was helping him with the sheep the next morning , ‘ has been like a father to me . ’
7 In this respect , it has been like Frank 's own career since The Americans .
8 He has been like this for around 10 months , and feeds normally .
9 It has been like that all through the history of the place .
10 If the kidnap was bad enough , the death of his son , and done like that , has been like a bullet in his gut . ’
11 Our house has been like Sauchiehall Street .
12 I wonder what his parents thought of him , but does n't it all boil down to what life at home has been like .
13 OMG 's work so far ‘ has been like defining that there have to be lights on the the wing tips of aeroplanes . ’
14 Taking part in the programme has been like an exciting adventure , discovering the hidden strengths of a community in its parents , and the willingness of Community Mothers to contribute to growth and development within their communities .
15 ‘ I admit that 's what it has been like in the past . ’
16 In the penultimate scene Julia and Paul decide that the summer during which the action of the novel has taken place has been like ‘ an allegorical dream-vision ’ ( 212 ) .
17 Costs Strathclyde , hit proportionately harder , has been like a man living on starvation rations throughout the eighties .
18 I also understand that one of the street lights in Lower Dolphinholme is burning continuously and has been like this for some time .
19 Looking for a win has been like chasing the holy grail … for Swindon … they 've travelled far and wide … some cynics thought they 'd never find it …
20 RAF Abingdon has been like a ghost town since the summer .
21 It has been like that , something that was n't happening to us . ’
22 Brockbank said : ‘ It has been like that since day one , but many clubs are like that . ’
23 ‘ I can truthfully say that being with the recent squad has been like being with a family .
24 He has been like that for since he 's been with her he has
25 Well there has been like
26 Some questions which need to be addressed are what the overall quality of memory for driving is like , what types of detail can or can not be remembered , and what variables , both psychological and environmental , are related to memory ?
27 The requirement that a candidate must get the support of 20 per cent of the Parliamentary Labour Party in order to stand is like asking someone to collect 13,000 nominations in a constituency before they can stand for parliament .
28 Some of his male colleagues boasted about how they 'd felt with various women , raising an arm to show what they 'd been like .
29 I supposed I 'd been like that too , but I could n't remember .
30 He 'd been like that once , he 'd trusted and believed , and look what had happened to him .
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