Example sentences of "be like [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they would be like that scorched bread . |
| 2 | Pete , Peter 's one 's gon na be like all intellectual people |
| 3 | The model remains the great house , not the small one , and great houses still try to be like other great houses . |
| 4 | Still , in reality no black hole would be like this ideal : stars spin on their axes , and so the black holes they produce can be expected to do likewise . |
| 5 | Another pint and you 'd be like those young lads all falling over themselves to make an impression . |
| 6 | He , a hundred and forty pound , far too , be like those green trousers you bought , well you 've never worn them yet . |
| 7 | I do not wish to be like those dumpy , chisel-faced women with shopping baskets who tut-tut scandals to each other between the stacked shelves of dog-food , striped toothpaste , coloured toilet-rolls and instant mashed potato in the supermarket opposite the triangle of Shepherd 's Bush Green . |
| 8 | ‘ I imagine , ’ said one rather earnest , heavy-jawed man , ‘ it to be like any other job of work . |
| 9 | A merger with the Transport and General Workers ' Union will be like any other previous arrangements . |