Example sentences of "was just like the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just like the phrase that Thatcher was so fond of . |
| 2 | Wexford thought the place was just like the sitting room of a person of taste . |
| 3 | But most of the time I did n't write because one day was just like the day before , and sometimes I thought — what 's the use of writing anyway , when nobody is ever going to read it ? |
| 4 | One adoptive parent told her adopted daughter that her first mother was just like the brown paper parcel the child came in . |
| 5 | One fireman said : ‘ It was just like the Blitz . ’ |
| 6 | Allison said : ‘ The atmosphere was just like the Manchester derbies when I was at Maine Road . |
| 7 | It was just like the books said — all a man needed was a good technique . |
| 8 | It was just like the good old days . |
| 9 | And , the court was told , the caper was just like the film Best of Friends in which Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster play two old lags who decide to pull off a final robbery . |
| 10 | It took little time to decide that her new mama was just like the doll , with her big blue eyes , and her made up face and blonde hair . |
| 11 | It was just like the tube back at work in Witwaterstrand , vertical strings of graffiti dripping unsuccessfully in multi-coloured smears . |
| 12 | It was just like the bad old days again . |
| 13 | It was just like the first one . |
| 14 | he was just like the pictures of him in books : yellowish-white bones in a long brown robe . |
| 15 | ‘ It was just like the M8 at rush hour , with water instead of tar macadam . ’ |
| 16 | He was just like the rest . |
| 17 | I remembered the van because it was just like the ones Barry bought for the business , except it was red , not white . ’ |
| 18 | It was just like the Rovers Return 20 years ago , but with an ageing Bet Lynch behind the bar . |
| 19 | He says it was just like the Oscars ! — with a meal and wine and Barry Cryer as the compere . |