Example sentences of "can [adv] be like [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've always excused myself-I 've said , I 'm kind and tolerant with everyone else , she 's the one person I ca n't be like that with , and there has to be an exception to the general rule . |
2 | Gon na be like you ca n't be like that , on things like that . |
3 | well , erm tis n't , she 's not , she wants the W R A F and nothing else and Sue said you ca n't be like that , you know , and er , so they 've decided that she 's got ta carry on with this Saturday job because she wo n't be able to go on the dole look , straight away will she ? |
4 | Too bad every other day ca n't be like this . ’ |
5 | We can not be like Red Indians , sitting in a circle and acting as one man. , ‘ Do you think we have lost that forever ? ’ |