Example sentences of "like [pron] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I do n't like her being near the children . ’ |
| 2 | job if there 's gon na be an exercise or a they like it to be a real-life practical situation , almost like a simulation of the job rather than something that 's er for example if you were to do a case study , pragmatists would like it be in an insurance-related case study and it could be related to their job very . |
| 3 | The alternative for a manager if he does not like what is on offer in his present job is to move to a different one . |
| 4 | Like you are in favour of mutual respect , as well as mutual regard . |
| 5 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
| 6 | But when the time comes to leave , she ca n't help going in a showbiz way , negotiating the steps of the Ritz in her towering leopard-skin stilettos like she 's on the set of a Busby Berkeley musical . |
| 7 | Of all the ways to commit a murder , is n't it a strange coincidence that Angy was stabbed in the throat , just like she was in the portrait ? ’ |
| 8 | Like we 're in Bond Street . |
| 9 | The upshot of this is that in this sense of " power " as of many like terms-it is at least arguable not only that a cause has a power to produce its effect , but also that an effect has a power to produce its cause . |
| 10 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
| 11 | There was no soot in the mists and fog which came from the river , and no garbage in the gutters like there was in London . |
| 12 | And now these humans go where they please , and there 's no proper Regulations like there was in the Store . ’ |
| 13 | It depends on your lifestyle you live , though , cos I got friends who are just like ah , I do n't like and you have to excuse my hairy legs running or something , I mean , I just like they 're like this , and they 've got like black hair about this long , and I 'm like oh my God , oh my God , you 're just like |
| 14 | ‘ Like they 're inside my head and telling me what to do . |
| 15 | ‘ I want police like they are on television , like The Bill , where they get stuck right in , ’ says one boy . |
| 16 | One lesson he can be really soft and anyone could get away with murder ( well , almost ) and the next lesson he goes all strict on you and starts giving out lines and detentions like they were past their sell-by date . |
| 17 | Before he can open his mouth he gets a simple instruction from each of us , so he stands switching his gaze from her to me and back again like he 's at a tennis match . |
| 18 | He was just like he was in the very early days ; he asked us to come out to his house and have dinner . |
| 19 | I reckon Marie likes me being round her , and doing things for her . |