Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [is] like " in BNC.
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1 | Venturing upstairs is like entering another world . |
2 | Ca n't erm like the one she 's got upstairs is like all she was quite happy with is a seventy pound one . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | How I remember outside is like the end of a erm O U T spells out . |
5 | 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 . ’ |
6 | But to expect people to live reasonably is like asking them to live on paregoric . ’ |