Example sentences of "'s [noun pl] be like " in BNC.
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| 1 | N. W. Cusa 's ducks are like attractive wooden decoys . |
| 2 | More , even , since they know what the Khedive 's sons are like . |
| 3 | The laibon 's fingers are like rolled-up tobacco leaves , crudely made cabbage cigars . |
| 4 | Roman 's words were like a drug , pouring over her , evoking those helpless , hypnotic feelings of need and desire and hunger all over again . |
| 5 | Kingdom 's words were like harsh daylight flooding into a photographer 's dark-room . |
| 6 | Danny Kelly , writing in the NME , said experiencing Gedge 's songs was like ‘ overhearing one side of a telephone conversation or catching edited highlights of an argument . ’ |
| 7 | Burun 's eyes were like dark featureless pools in his face . |
| 8 | FitzAlan 's eyes were like daggers , but Isabel faced him unflinchingly . |
| 9 | Alice 's eyes were like blue fire in the sun . |
| 10 | The sound system 's speakers were like upended steamer trunks , one on top of another ; standing so close , the volume gave her a sensation in her ears like that of tearing paper and she experienced a few moments of sensory overload before she recognised the tune as New York , New York . |
| 11 | They say the chicken 's feet are like plastic . |
| 12 | He was itching to get further inside and check on Ari , yet appreciated Quincx 's robots were like children to the man . |
| 13 | Wolf 's sendings were like quicksilver . |
| 14 | Hazel 's feelings were like those which might pass through the mind of a defeated general . |
| 15 | ‘ Women 's moods are like sun on a cornfield , changing all the time . ’ |
| 16 | For the first time Clare learnt what a passionate woman 's kisses were like , on the lips of one she loved with all her heart and soul , as Tess loved him . |
| 17 | Carrie 's thoughts were like bits of jigsaw , whirling round in her head . |