Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be like " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I must be like my mother , she is always letting herself be interviewed , my father says its vulgar , but she likes it , she likes people coming to ask her questions about herself and how she makes coffee and who she his to dinner and what kind of paper she writes on , she says it makes her feel as though she really has got somewhere in her life . |
| 2 | He had very definite ideas about what a son of his should be like . |
| 3 | ‘ I would like to , I think — but I 'm afraid I might be like that — I think I would want to be like that . |
| 4 | ‘ People phone me up to invite me out and I 'll be like , ’ she puts on a whiny voice , ‘ Oh no , I 'd like to stay home and watch a video or read a book . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll be like bloody Cinderella . ’ |
| 6 | I 'll be like that about the '70s . |
| 7 | Oh then I 'll be like , I then be glad to see it when I come back |
| 8 | I du n no what I 'll be like at seven o'clock tonight . |
| 9 | I 'll be like Geor Geo George 's mother one year and his mo and his mother was in her seventies he came in says to daddy ho gosh ! |
| 10 | I , however , could only be a nun like my aunt or I could be like my Mam . |
| 11 | I almost believe that I could be like this . |
| 12 | I wish I could be like you and just give up the Glens for Linfield . |
| 13 | do n't like spicy , I wish I could be like that , but it do n't like I mean |
| 14 | I wish I could be like it , cos I 'm so unorganised Christmas morning , by five o'clock I 'm not even dressed . |
| 15 | Yesterday when he had imprinted his lips on her mouth she had had no foretaste of what a deliberate kiss of his could be like . |
| 16 | I 'd be like Emma and arrange a marriage for him , and with happier results . |
| 17 | And I 'd be like , ’ God , how embarrassing ’ |
| 18 | The three weeks that I was in the scheme for — they trained me to see if I could do the job properly , they were able to see what I 'd be like when I was doing the job . |
| 19 | I do n't know what I 'd be like . |
| 20 | Because , because then you do , exactly , if they make any noise , I 'd be like , will you shut up . |
| 21 | ‘ I would be like your Queen : not having so much power but maintaining my dignity and status . |
| 22 | I would be like that . |
| 23 | James ( 4.2 ) : When I 'm grown up big I shall be like a giant , and I shall be up here and I shall look down at you and you will say , ‘ What are you doing up there ? ’ |
| 24 | I shall be like a little girl again . ’ |
| 25 | For the next couple of weeks while I get to know how the station works I shall be like your shadow , Fran , but you 'll have the comfort of knowing that it 's all in the line of business . ’ |
| 26 | Then I shall be like this every time something crops up . |
| 27 | And yes certainly , you and I can be like that . |
| 28 | Each record is examined in turn , and its descriptors are compared with those of the search request ( which might be like that for a graduate engineer with other attributes shown above ) . |
| 29 | somebody could be like that . |
| 30 | The wonderful vision arose of a publication which would be like the minutes of a gigantic nationwide meeting . |