Example sentences of "like i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the interview system is not an ideal one — once again you 're having to sell yourself — and if you 're a character actor like I am I can not show myself without being somebody else . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , like I told the foreign gentleman , there was dancing in the sitting room , and this Mrs Heatherington-Scott she was dancing with Mr Merrivale . ’ |
| 3 | Bob blushed at his unaccustomed prominence , but said promptly : ‘ Four , like I told the foreign gentleman . ’ |
| 4 | You may be homeless but at least you 're not a dumb blonde like I am . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ At least you 're not a dumb blonde like I am . ’ |
| 6 | It is obviously crucial that all instructors are aware of any student who has this problem , since it is so easy to be caught out , like I was . |
| 7 | ‘ Never feel that , ’ said Lucy , ‘ Oh , God , I feel like I 'm sixteen again . |
| 8 | But I suppose I thought it was , like I was trying to tell him today , a gut feeling , being Irish . |
| 9 | So I went out to play like I do for Liverpool . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , now that I am here it looks like I shall stay until things quieten down . |
| 11 | Far from looking cool I must have looked like I 'd done a packet in my trousers . |
| 12 | Like I say , she do n't usually come back till the morning . |
| 13 | I sort of give her hair a stroke and say ‘ there , there ’ like I seen people do with babies . |
| 14 | Like I say , Marie do n't work no more , so we have the whole day together if we want . |
| 15 | Like I say , she 's sleeping well now , and she 's often up before I even wake up . |
| 16 | Like I said , I reckon Marie 's the best friend I ever had . |
| 17 | Sometimes she holds onto my arm in the street — you know , just natural , like I 'm a girl and she 's just a friend or summat . |
| 18 | I got this sort of tight feeling in my throat all the way back — you know , like I 'm going to cry . |
| 19 | I pretend Marie 's in front of me and I 'm brushing her hair like I used to . |
| 20 | It do n't look like I got much — I ai n't got no paper money . |
| 21 | I could just ask him casual like — you know , like I 'm going to meet a friend there or summat , but I ca n't remember the address . |
| 22 | I get a bit dizzy lying down on the bench , like I 'm falling backwards and I got to sit up for a bit . |
| 23 | Sometimes I get like I ca n't remember how I got some place . |
| 24 | It 's weird walking on it — I can feel my feet sink into it like I 'm walking on rubber . |
| 25 | I walk real slow , feeling my body all heavy , like I got big boots on . |
| 26 | I dance like I 'm splashing water , swirling round them , down the street . |
| 27 | ‘ Annie , ’ I say , squatting down like I used to . |
| 28 | I du n no what they 're laughing at , but I smile like I understand . |
| 29 | Everything looks so high from here , and I 'm all squashed and thin like I 'm paper and people can walk over me and it would n't hurt and they would n't know I was there . |
| 30 | I wish I could sit at the table and help cut up Annie 's food like I used to , and we 'd have crackers and we 'd wear those paper hats and have them little prezzies from inside the crackers . |