Example sentences of "[modal v] be like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the best books advise that the texture should be like fine breadcrumbs , and this is literally the state it should be in . |
| 2 | I 'll be like bloody Cinderella . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 'll be like old times again with you watching my back , ’ Rust replied with a grin . |
| 4 | ‘ It 'll be like old times . ’ |
| 5 | I shall be running the saloon — it 'll be like old times , and we 've the new barmaid in the public . |
| 6 | ‘ It 'll be like old times , wo n't it ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 'd be like missing part of the world scene , ’ cried Clare . |
| 8 | The symptoms of toxoplasmosis for healthy adults may be like mild flu , but often there are no symptoms . |
| 9 | At the last moment , when the barred window was already darkened , and the echoes from the outer ward grown scattered and few , Harry suffered an agony of fear that after all this would be like other nights , that Isambard would come with his taunting smile and his small , shrewd ironies that stabbed like knives ; but instead came young Thomas Blount , true to his word , with his tilted nose and his provocative swagger , and flung open the door of the room with a flourish . |
| 10 | Then they would be like professional sailors , who , when the ship was caught in a storm , could not handle sails or rudders . |
| 11 | your sons will be like olive shoots |
| 12 | Moreover , problems can be like Chinese whispers : the parents may be quite surprised at what you have been told about them and their problems . |