Example sentences of "[conj] i be like " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the beginning of one of his books I discovered these words , which to me in my lowly condition were more than words : ‘ I am made unlike anyone I have ever met ; I will even venture to say that I am like no one in the whole world . ’ |
| 2 | While the war continued I could ( almost ) fool myself into believing that I was like those other women who were merely separated from their men ‘ for the duration ’ — or , if not that , at least I felt that my life was suspended . |
| 3 | I remember many occasions when friends would reassure me that I was like them , there were n't any differences . |
| 4 | But she also concurred in the view that I was like my father . |
| 5 | the tenderness of Joe was so beautifully proportioned to my need , that I was like a child in his hands . |
| 6 | when I first came when I first came , that was the one thing that I was like that was the fact that that I might be pushed that way whereas I only |
| 7 | I never had such a thing before , and I am like a child when it comes to running water . |
| 8 | ‘ But just between you and me and SHE magazine , her Majesty and I are like that , ‘ said Dame Edna , indicating a royal chumminess that went beyond mere Commonwealth ties . |
| 9 | ‘ Yury Vladimirovich is my closest friend , he and I are like two brothers , we used to play football together when we were little . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're the breeze and I 'm like the aspen tree , ’ she said . |
| 11 | I mean , I do the same thing , I get home at night and I 'm like this ! |
| 12 | ’ Some days people will call me ’ Paris ’ and I 'm like , ’ Who ? ’ |
| 13 | erm , I like to talk , so he 's wound down , you know , really sleepy , comes to bed , and I 'm like , that 's when I wind down by chatting away and saying , you know , little snippets of things that have happened to you during the day , and he 's just like , oh , shut up , go to sleep , you know . |
| 14 | And it was , honestly , it was such a mess and Angie and I were like , oh this is n't our room . |
| 15 | ‘ And I was like a weed . |
| 16 | Well I , I erm my first employment was in the , was in the building trade with er an old firm in Edinburgh called and believe me I was not a very fit person then after seven , five years and I was like a rake , I was like a skeleton . |
| 17 | And I was like : ‘ Em , okay . |
| 18 | He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break . |
| 19 | I used to take them every day and I was like that right , and then what I used to do on a Sunday I would n't take one cos I used to think right I like my Sunday dinner and I will never give up my Sunday dinner when I 'm dieting right |
| 20 | And I was like , giggling to them and everything , and they think I 've got a tattoo on my arm ! |
| 21 | and I was like this driving along the road . |
| 22 | Look at that time my dad did that lady over there and left me on the phone and told me to stay there and I was like that . |
| 23 | And mum , and Emma used to pick me up from school , primary school , and I was like , always last out . |
| 24 | yeah , probably , I 'd just go and the names are , I thought it was like I was like half through the tape , yeah , and I thought , and I was like , I had one name to go |
| 25 | Because , I 've , I 've been in it , and I was like in these like , really tight ski pants , they 're like a pair of like , like really badly , like sprained your legs . |
| 26 | But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off . |
| 27 | You leave a message like , and it 's like , erm , I 'll pop over and see you , and I was like , I mean , he just paused for breath , and I went , well , what time , and he went , well hang on , the message has n't finished yet . |
| 28 | They will not be coming to the cinema , and I was like , what time are they gon na come , and he was like , hang on , I have n't finished yet . |
| 29 | Did he , did he used to be naughty and I was like , I do n't Ryan , and you got , I bet he did . |
| 30 | And I was like a young by the time I got home . |