Example sentences of "be like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | bring this new tax , but instead of poll tax and community charge and that it 's gon na be like a new erm property tax . |
| 2 | Well , now the thing is , right what I 've thought might be like a good thing , er cos we all like entertainments , is like if Riot Girl were to become a society , |
| 3 | You must be like a good wine . ’ |
| 4 | And so you 've got to be like a bloody monkey and you 've got to climb up the side of the van and climb along the side of the van without damaging any of the furniture right to the front to find the box to bring it back again . |
| 5 | She 'll be like a great bird , skimming over the water . ’ |
| 6 | Translated into terms of visual experience , this would be like a semi-transparent door with extra light coming in around all the cracks . |
| 7 | She know that and she just seems to be like a vicious circle all the time , I mean she does n't , I mean just getting deeper , deeper into debt . |
| 8 | You know the publicity from us would be like a small I do n't know what size , just a small leaflet . |
| 9 | Your wife will be like a fruitful vine |
| 10 | The social worker will be like a skilled ‘ friend ’ to them , who can help them in many areas of their life , perhaps by suggesting ways of overcoming loneliness by putting them in contact with the type of activity , club , Day Centre or workshop that would interest them , and arranging suitable transport for this ; or , if they are not particularly keen on group social activities , sometimes by finding individual volunteers to visit them and take them out ; although it should be remembered that no social worker or voluntary visitor can ever be a real substitute for care from their own family . |
| 11 | Is there anything in that universe that would be like a black hole to a beetle ? ’ |
| 12 | Some people may ‘ hear ’ the Niagara Falls in their right ear and Euston Station in their left ; tinnitus may be like a continuous high-pitched whistle or the rhythmic sound of a repeated loud , squelchy thump . |
| 13 | It would be like a strong wind tearing into the warmth , ripping the fabric of the old rugs , overturning the lamps , plucking loose all the hair so skilfully wound up into neat and careful buns , unravelling her mother 's dainty stitches , unravelling her mother . |
| 14 | I do n't want to be like a medieval inquisitor . |
| 15 | The right sort of literary experience can be like a nuclear explosion , whereas the ‘ human expressiveness ’ that Scholes detects in the humblest graffito is more like the low-level radioactivity that is always present in the natural environment . |
| 16 | But life under Labour would be like a nuclear winter . ’ |
| 17 | The grim knowledge that any attempt to dodge off unofficially would be like a minor desertion and would be followed by serious consequences , even prison , did n't weigh with me . |
| 18 | Ribeira Brava used to be like a Wild West or oasis town where buses and cars stopped for the occupants to take advantage of coffee , drinks and food and to fill their vehicle with petrol before venturing into the ‘ Beyond ’ or the ‘ Outback ’ . |
| 19 | She 'll be like a little palomino when she turns brown , he thought . |
| 20 | I shall be like a little girl again . ’ |
| 21 | and then eventually that 'll be like a little sitting room |
| 22 | Would Gerry Addams be like a large company , a director of that of an organization , a large company ? |
| 23 | The space created will be like a tented temple in which everything may be seen in a different landscape , the familiar becomes strange and muted whilst the unfamiliar echoes past resemblances . |
| 24 | After all , it would n't be like a magic ring . |
| 25 | The difference between having a good time and a bad time is so minimal it 's unbelievable , but this , with three points for a win , situation it makes it so hard to say well we 're a bottom side , we 're a top side , all of a sudden in half a dozen games we could be like a top side . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'll soon forget this part of your life , ’ she said to him , ‘ it will be like a bad dream . ’ |
| 27 | He believed that ‘ a club should be like a big family , with all members of it sticking and pulling together under one head ’ . |
| 28 | And there used to be like a big bobbin there and you to and they used to go like that and chuck it up and try and catch it you know , and And we used to play shuttlecock and battledore . |
| 29 | This shaft appears to be like a giant windpipe . |
| 30 | So I really want you to be like a proper sort of little girl . |