Example sentences of "like [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only Unionists who conformed to the picture of what the party was supposed to be like were either men outside the mainstream like Milner , or men too junior to have much real influence like Steel-Maitland , Aitken , Amery and Goulding . |
| 2 | To read about her here is like being shown someone 's snaps or scrapbook — perhaps an underrated pleasure . |
| 3 | Flying in even light snow is like being in a fog , and unless you are up high and can manage to fly clear on instruments , you are liable to have real trouble . |
| 4 | It 's difficult to tell when someone is using drugs only occasionally — unless they are caught in the act , or when intoxicated like being drunk . |
| 5 | It 's almost like being in the country . |
| 6 | What was it like being proposed to by a New York City Planner with a voice to melt molasses by ? ’ |
| 7 | It 's almost like being in the Alps — but not quite . |
| 8 | Despite agreement among party leaders that the elections should be held in ‘ a mild climate , ’ it looks like being a divisive contest . |
| 9 | It was like being in a loo that rose and fell . |
| 10 | Working for Malcolm and Vivienne was like being in the army . |
| 11 | Cor , he said , this is almost like being an art student again . |
| 12 | It was like being in a supermarket during late-night shopping , with that overpowering sensation that you are losing your space . |
| 13 | It is perhaps like being on top of a big wave in a canoe or on a surfboard , but to try to describe it is to fail . |
| 14 | What it is like being married into a ‘ low status ’ family in the Midlands was described to me by Surjeet , a teacher in her early twenties who had grown up in Britain . |
| 15 | It 's nearly like being in the country . |
| 16 | It 's like being at the sea , early in the morning with the seagulls and the sea pounding away and the fresh air . |
| 17 | It was more like being present at a seance than at a lecture . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's like being on the rack . ’ |
| 19 | It 's like being caught in huge sticky web – the more you struggle , the more entangled you get . |
| 20 | Soldiers never like being asked to do somebody else 's dirty work , especially if they have been called off leave to do it , and are likely to be accused of strike breaking in the process . |
| 21 | Christie was away smoothly out of his blocks and never looked like being caught , though the bustling Rosswess pulled clear of the remainder of the field , including the two Scottish Commonwealth Games representatives , Jamie Henderson , who was third , and Elliot Bunney . |
| 22 | Blackeyes was a disorientating experience like being caught up in someone else 's feverish dream . |
| 23 | But , as we can now see , it was like being a science fiction writer really . |
| 24 | 1989–90 looked like being much worse , with the percentage falling to 8 per cent . |
| 25 | The earliest that the whole — more or less — of the industry will be able to take advantage of its single market now looks like being mid-1994 . |
| 26 | It is like being part of the same company , but without the drawbacks . |
| 27 | It was like being given an ice-cube when you needed hot soup . |
| 28 | Through the glass and the vines overhead could be seen the blue sky and the white clouds , so that it was like being both indoors and out at the same time . |
| 29 | I do n't mind ; it is rather like being a little girl again . |
| 30 | It looked like being a filthy night . |