Example sentences of "they be like a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are like a great yoke sitting on our shoulders . |
| 2 | For the trolley orderlies they are like a quick dash with a rickshaw down a Singapore street . |
| 3 | Oh yeah , they 're like a hyperactive child . |
| 4 | They 're , they 're like a long stick with a handle on them are n't they ? |
| 5 | They were like a great flock of gulls swooping to tear and gobble at their prey . |
| 6 | To begin with , he thought I was as close to Steve and Paul as they were to each other — and they were like a single amoeba that wo n't let anyone else into its world . |