Example sentences of "it be like [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like kissing the housemaid , thought Franca , as she felt his big animal presence . |
| 2 | It 's like sailing through a maze . |
| 3 | It 's like stumbling across a whole world that you thought had gone for ever . ’ |
| 4 | It 's like watching a proper programme . |
| 5 | Sometimes , with Prince , it 's like watching someone else watching himself masturbate in a mirror . |
| 6 | Other gringos stand over their rucksacks : it 's like watching a road accident . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's like watching these American presidential campaigns , ’ frowns Niall . |
| 8 | ‘ There is definitely something missing — it 's like watching football with no ball . ’ |
| 9 | It 's like reading a biography of a favourite author to learn what makes them tick . |
| 10 | It 's like living your life all over again . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You just do n't know what it 's like living in a town — it 's different . ’ |
| 12 | It 's like living in a bleeding watch factory . |
| 13 | ROS : It 's like living in a public park ! |
| 14 | It 's like living in the Arabian Nights . |
| 15 | P You know it 's like living in a moving caravan , but you 're coming along anyway ! ( not acceptable for shared yacht bookings ) |
| 16 | It 's like living on a time bomb ! |
| 17 | It 's like living in a chapel of rest . ’ |
| 18 | Claire , Annabel and I are supposed to help distribute the food , and let me tell you , at some of these do 's it 's like feeding a pack of hounds . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's like voting for your dad or for your wacky cool uncle who plays the sax . |
| 20 | Or , said someone else , it 's like insisting that the walls of buildings are made thin enough for the FBI to listen through them . |
| 21 | It 's like firing a pot . |
| 22 | It 's like expecting the class system to change once the workers have explained to the ruling class why they do n't like poverty ; or racism to go away once blacks have made clear why they find it oppressive . |
| 23 | But it 's like digging in treacle — you get nowhere . |
| 24 | You may not recall that , when Edgar Oldroyd asked him how he was enjoying a long spell bowling into the wind , he answered , ‘ It 's like bowling up t'bloody cellar steps . ’ |
| 25 | Now it 's like robbing Peter to pay Paul , you 're not living you 're just existing . |
| 26 | It 's like icing grass . |
| 27 | It 's like calling a bombe glacee pudding . |
| 28 | It 's like calling a street Boulevard Lane . |
| 29 | ‘ I know what you mean — it 's like clinking glasses in England and saying ‘ cheers ’ . ’ |
| 30 | It 's like throwing fookin' people 's briefcases out of the fifth floor at school . |