Example sentences of "[conj] i [was/were] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I remember many occasions when friends would reassure me that I was like them , there were n't any differences . |
| 3 | But she also concurred in the view that I was like my father . |
| 4 | the tenderness of Joe was so beautifully proportioned to my need , that I was like a child in his hands . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | And it was , honestly , it was such a mess and Angie and I were like , oh this is n't our room . |
| 7 | ‘ And I was like a weed . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And I was like : ‘ Em , okay . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | And I was like , giggling to them and everything , and they think I 've got a tattoo on my arm ! |
| 13 | and I was like this driving along the road . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And mum , and Emma used to pick me up from school , primary school , and I was like , always last out . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Did he , did he used to be naughty and I was like , I do n't Ryan , and you got , I bet he did . |
| 22 | And I was like a young by the time I got home . |
| 23 | no I 'm not no when I am I ca n't eat anything , if I was like that I just could n't bear to be even in the same room as anybody who 's eating , so no the urge of chocolate is possibly to do with fat |
| 24 | Now I would n't talk to you individually , I 'd overwhelm you if I was like this . |
| 25 | I did fucking , I did five years of normal paperwork and plus for the last three years I did double as well cos I got kicked out of french , so I was in metal work like , four hours of metal work every week the last three three years and , cos I was like nine times out of ten I was the only bloke there , the er , the er metal work teacher got on really well , he was showing me all sorts of stuff and I never got to do the actual metal work lesson |
| 26 | ‘ So we did that and I went and told everybody , because I was like sixteen at the time I did it . |
| 27 | Er actually that 's , the , the position becomes important , you see that would n't present a problem because I was like that |
| 28 | Probably said it while I was like , yeah , we , you know , while you were at the |
| 29 | He reminds me of me when I was like him . ’ |
| 30 | No , I was just getting charged full fares when I was like thirteen . |