Example sentences of "they [modal v] be like " in BNC.
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| 1 | yo you 're suggesting is what is happening now and so many of us he no he not just here but in population generally belong to all sorts of pressure groups erm whatever they may be like Greenpeace and many others erm really it 's , it 's a jolly hard slog , the point is that erm it the lid is on the kettle the whole time and it 's only , the only way that people can get anything done is by joining these organizations erm but it 's a very slow business erm but there 's no other way of doing anything because you ca n't change what happens at the top . |
| 2 | Sorry I ca n't really sort of say I must admit I could n't really see why they should be like that really cos I mean it is a bit puzzling cos if they 've only just done anything , they 've only been tampering with this finger so |
| 3 | They 'll be like a dog with a rag , tugging away at it , with growls and grunts till you loosen your hold and let them have their rightful trophy . |
| 4 | ‘ I dread to think what they 'll be like when Ronnie has a smile on his face — as he will when the Ports win the title back . ’ |
| 5 | So they 're you know they 'll be like that . |
| 6 | They 'll be like one another ha . |
| 7 | Oh I wonder what they 'll be like , I do n't want them as tight as those others , yeah but it 's the legs and that , those others of mine , when I got them back they were really very ti tight |
| 8 | I thought about what they might be like . |
| 9 | It 's amazing how much we pick up just from listening to someone on the telephone , and of course when you ca n't see them , so you have n't got any visual clues as to what they might be like , what you hear becomes all important . |
| 10 | I did n't think they could be like REM in seven album 's time , but there was a lot depth in there and I knew it would n't dry up after one or two albums , ’ he recalls . |
| 11 | Many saw themselves as being above the grubby world of traditional politics and the professions , but often felt they could be like Richard Branson , the one-time hippy and promoter of alternative music who had joined the system and made a fortune . |
| 12 | Then they would be like professional sailors , who , when the ship was caught in a storm , could not handle sails or rudders . |
| 13 | They would be like cogs in a system of wheels , driven by social cogs and driving social cogs , but not contributing any new forces to the system . |
| 14 | They would be like a second family to you . |
| 15 | They would be like the surface of the earth , but with two more dimensions . |
| 16 | They would be like the surface of the earth but with two more dimensions . |
| 17 | But she was thinking more of Ianthe Broome and the man she and Penelope had seen that afternoon , and wondering what they would be like . |
| 18 | And they would be like that scorched bread . |
| 19 | On the first night of Gentle Jack , Ken knew what they would be like . |
| 20 | Even if they do not have to hide , they will be like lieutenants to us now — ‘ |
| 21 | They will be like angels . |