Example sentences of "like [pron] you [vb mod] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The characters are like someone you would meet in the street , although they tend to be a bit more romantic . |
| 2 | The basic beginners ' board , like one you 'd find in a windsurfing school , is a hardy beast with excellent stability and durability . |
| 3 | It looked like something you might see in a photograph of black New Orleans in the thirties . |
| 4 | The flickering patterns of the light made her face seem insubstantial ; like something you might glimpse in a dream but which , when you came closer or held a clear light up to see it better , would fade or change back to its true form . |
| 5 | Behind her I could see into what is rather optimistically known as the vestry — which is nothing more than a curtained-off area of the floor , rather like what you might see in a hospital casualty ward . |