Example sentences of "it [be] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we all want it put a stop to , will the government do something about it , or will it be like you said , Mr. Gerrard ? |
| 2 | It 's like she 's real sad and quiet like . |
| 3 | It 's like she 's still here — you know , having her hairbrush and that . |
| 4 | There 's all these buildings and streets out there , but it 's like they 're all empty — you know , like there 's no one out there , just things . |
| 5 | It 's like it 's still night and I never been to sleep at all . |
| 6 | It 's like it was someone else . |
| 7 | It 's like everything 's a long way away , and everything 's real big and unreal looking . |
| 8 | It 's like it 's flashing in my head . |
| 9 | It 's like they 're sharks or summat , or fish with these big white eyes looking for things to eat . |
| 10 | It 's like I said , the witness got the licence number garbled . ’ |
| 11 | Now it 's like they 're saying the party 's finished . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's like Elinor says , you 're not on the right wavelength . ’ |
| 13 | It 's like U2 called their last tour Love Town . |
| 14 | Two days later he tells me : ‘ It 's like they want to copy everything down to the smallest detail . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's like Tove said : about loud activity and quiet repose . |
| 16 | Some days , it 's too misty and it 's like it 's vanished altogether . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's like she 's laughing at us . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's like Bill told you , ’ she said quietly . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's like it was a few years ago , when no one bothered too much about how you looked , and you did n't get any edginess or aggression . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's like Spain was 20 years ago , ’ said Nick . |
| 21 | Yesterday as 390 of his old workmates were thrown on to the dole with him , Mike said : ‘ It 's like somebody kicked you in the guts . |
| 22 | It 's like she had a multi-barrelled gun , and has n't just shot herself in the foot , but shot herself everywhere and blown her own head off , and no-one seems to have noticed . |
| 23 | It 's like somebody is watching it all for you … ’ |
| 24 | Mrs Peel , however , saw things differently , saying of the head , ‘ She seemed to be assessing me rather than John … it 's like she 's shifting the blame on to me … she used to speak to me like I was a really bad mother . |
| 25 | It 's like he died . |
| 26 | It 's like they 're all dead but they ca n't see it . |
| 27 | And when he comes out of hospital , it 's like they 've forgotten he exists — just a couple of visits from a nurse . |
| 28 | But if it 's like it was with the others , it wo n't be easy . ’ |
| 29 | C. It 's like I said . |
| 30 | It 's like it 's there and it 's staring us in the face but I just ca n't … ca n't access it . ’ |