Example sentences of "like it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it seems to me like it 's passing the buck a bit in the way they 're just sort of taking responsibility |
| 2 | It 's something like it 's called . |
| 3 | Someone blows a whistle , and this train starts rumbling , like it 's getting ready to drive off . |
| 4 | anyway at least you 've made contact and it seems , seems like it 's going okay |
| 5 | If you carry on spending money like it 's going out of style you 'll end up in debt with a mass of interest to pay off . |
| 6 | David Jensen 's playing like it 's going out of fashion ! |
| 7 | He 's still the most unlikely man in pop , and as for that vocoder of a voice , it still sounds like it 's coming from the very bowels of the planet . |
| 8 | Before doing so I should say by way of parenthesis that I have totally bypassed the colleagues who are currently members of the Government , several of whom suggested privately that they would resign if the Maastricht bill or anything like it is brought back on to the floor of the House of Commons . |
| 9 | The city seems like it is preparing for a masked ball . |
| 10 | I did n't , I mean , I do n't like small the right brightly coloured or what , but it looked like it were coloured like this , like this kind of colouring . |
| 11 | Like , it used to be that [ place ] station might be attacked once or twice a year , like it was hit five times in one night this year … |
| 12 | Meanwhile , in coversville you have The Mamas And The Papas ' ‘ Getting Better ’ complete with frazzled Brit signature — now it sounds like it was written with The Bull And Gate in mind ! |
| 13 | ‘ There 's one track that sounds like it was written by someone much older than me , someone with experience who 's married with three kids . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ There 's one track that sounds like it was written by someone much older than me , someone with experience who 's married with three kids . ’ |
| 15 | It stays trained on the front like it was expecting something to happen , while we hear a recorded interview with some policeman who probably never left his desk , saying it is possible one of the residents knows rather more about this , and investigations are in hand . |
| 16 | The coffee tastes like it was made yesterday . |
| 17 | Nothing like it was seen in Roundhay in 1959 . |
| 18 | And er this of course er we th the office was being run I would think in the early twenties very much like it was done in the late nineties . |
| 19 | ‘ Its head lit up , like it was probing my mind for something . |
| 20 | It sounds like it was bought new , so you probably got a guarantee with it from the manufacturer . |
| 21 | I saw Lukic launch into the tackle and it looked , for all the world , like it was going to end up as a foul but I could n't see if it was outside the area . |
| 22 | The Indian Agent just walked out , like it was settled . |
| 23 | Straight through it li like it was cutting |
| 24 | " I missed seeing you , " it had kept saying , just like it was saying now . |
| 25 | ‘ His body was going rigid just like it was set in concrete . |
| 26 | To hug him in my arms is something I can feel so strong it 's just like it was happening right this minute . |