Example sentences of "be like " in BNC.

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1 You 're like me , Dorothy , you 've got no family .
2 ‘ It 's no good talking when you 're like this .
3 It 's difficult to get matches under your belt when you 're like that .
4 I 've forgot what they 're like , but they were pretty good , I remember that .
5 ‘ They 're like secret societies , ’ she said .
6 You do n't go to the opera primarily to hear the music , you go to be bundled together with people similar to yourself , or people that you think you 're like .
7 ‘ They 're like chalk and cheese .
8 They 're like that . ’
9 Well , you ca n't blame them , Sergeant , they 're like me , not used to the country , real townees .
10 ‘ You 're like all children .
11 They 're like as twin lambs , was Jinny 's first thought .
12 You 're like a big kid most of the time .
13 You 're like my Dad , Quincx , the only relative I 've got . ’
14 Wendy Cope is about as far from the old-boy generation as David Wright feels from his first meeting with George Barker , but she knows what they 're like : Do n't ask him the time of day .
15 They 're like the arms of the same monster . ’
16 It 's not as if we 're like bus drivers or air traffic controllers .
17 ‘ They 're like magicians . ’
18 ‘ I use the most simple or most complex equipment available — frankly , I think cameras are boring — they 're like a gun , if it shoots O.K. it does n't matter what it is as long as it can do its job .
19 She once said , ‘ We 're like two schoolboys ! ’
20 I think you 're like some disgusting little animal , some creature from another planet .
21 You see , I know what you 're like .
22 ‘ You 're like all squaddies .
23 Carew thought , we 're like a bunch of schoolboys nervously watching the master studying the exam papers .
24 ‘ Look at her knees , they 're like piano legs , are n't they awful ? ’
25 ‘ Look at your eyes , they 're like piss holes in the snow , ’ laughed Yanto .
26 People on the train — they 're like ghosts , I can almost see through them .
27 You 're like putty when you 're born .
28 They 're like that , are n't they ?
29 They 're like a film you 've seen — no , it 's worse , they 're not even inside your memory , they disappear , it 's as though you never had them .
30 ‘ You 're like a breath of fresh air , ’ he had said ; ‘ a little summer breeze .
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