Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [is] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting for Jane 's Addiction to come on is like waiting at the altar — there are moments when you 're certain they will blow you out . |
| 2 | This transition the train goes through is like the experience one has when watching a train embark on a voyage oneself . |
| 3 | Venturing upstairs is like entering another world . |
| 4 | Binding off is like backstitching on the machine . |
| 5 | Ca n't erm like the one she 's got upstairs is like all she was quite happy with is a seventy pound one . |
| 6 | Not to do so is like asserting that the armour of a battle-cruiser is too heavy , or the range of her guns too great , without inquiring into the nature and effectiveness of the enemy 's armament . |
| 7 | How I remember outside is like the end of a erm O U T spells out . |
| 8 | We 've been telling the Rugby Union for years that we want help ; what they 're doing now is like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted . ’ |
| 9 | But to expect people to live reasonably is like asking them to live on paregoric . ’ |