Example sentences of "like [pers pn] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like you are in favour of mutual respect , as well as mutual regard . |
| 2 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
| 3 | But when the time comes to leave , she ca n't help going in a showbiz way , negotiating the steps of the Ritz in her towering leopard-skin stilettos like she 's on the set of a Busby Berkeley musical . |
| 4 | Of all the ways to commit a murder , is n't it a strange coincidence that Angy was stabbed in the throat , just like she was in the portrait ? ’ |
| 5 | Like we 're in Bond Street . |
| 6 | The upshot of this is that in this sense of " power " as of many like terms-it is at least arguable not only that a cause has a power to produce its effect , but also that an effect has a power to produce its cause . |
| 7 | It depends on your lifestyle you live , though , cos I got friends who are just like ah , I do n't like and you have to excuse my hairy legs running or something , I mean , I just like they 're like this , and they 've got like black hair about this long , and I 'm like oh my God , oh my God , you 're just like |
| 8 | ‘ Like they 're inside my head and telling me what to do . |
| 9 | ‘ I want police like they are on television , like The Bill , where they get stuck right in , ’ says one boy . |
| 10 | One lesson he can be really soft and anyone could get away with murder ( well , almost ) and the next lesson he goes all strict on you and starts giving out lines and detentions like they were past their sell-by date . |
| 11 | Before he can open his mouth he gets a simple instruction from each of us , so he stands switching his gaze from her to me and back again like he 's at a tennis match . |
| 12 | He was just like he was in the very early days ; he asked us to come out to his house and have dinner . |