Example sentences of "[verb] [modal v] be like " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have to use files created by someone else , finding out which file you want to retrieve can be like looking for a needle in a haystack , particularly if that person is out of the office . |
| 2 | I hid it in my shirt pocket , which I believed would be like its warm nest . |
| 3 | In his opinion , although everything that exists must be like its cause , the fact that one thing is produced by another implies that they are different . |
| 4 | Well , now the thing is , right what I 've thought might be like a good thing , er cos we all like entertainments , is like if Riot Girl were to become a society , |
| 5 | The old and lonely are very vulnerable , and if you have sounded detached , preoccupied , or hurried during the conversation they can easily feel hurt and rejected ; and that hurt can be like an emotional graze that will remain painful until you are able to see them again and heal it . |
| 6 | She had n't given much thought to what the house that her father had left would be like , but she had not gained the impression that it was anything like this . |
| 7 | Maybe love will be like driving . |
| 8 | Maybe love will be like driving . |
| 9 | Then love will be like driving , which does n't appear to make much immediate sense . |
| 10 | The space created will be like a tented temple in which everything may be seen in a different landscape , the familiar becomes strange and muted whilst the unfamiliar echoes past resemblances . |