Example sentences of "[prep] be like a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this happens , the records get harder to listen to , the music gets to be like a reproach , stirring up the taunting ghosts of prematurely foregone dreams . |
| 2 | Sure , it gets to be like a supermarket of history , pick'n'mix , and yeah , I do n't know what happened to labour history , working class dignity … ‘ |
| 3 | She wanted to be like a star . |
| 4 | So I really want you to be like a proper sort of little girl . |
| 5 | I do n't want to be like a medieval inquisitor . |
| 6 | Above it , is a cloud so dense it appears to be like a girder , half of it molten . |
| 7 | Ribeira Brava used to be like a Wild West or oasis town where buses and cars stopped for the occupants to take advantage of coffee , drinks and food and to fill their vehicle with petrol before venturing into the ‘ Beyond ’ or the ‘ Outback ’ . |
| 8 | It used to be like a game of chess . |
| 9 | This shaft appears to be like a giant windpipe . |
| 10 | All that seemed to her to be like a man writing , a foreigner to Italy , advising other foreigners , a teacher displaying his wisdom to likely pupils . |
| 11 | I do n't want to be like a film star , but I do want a better quality of life and I 've got that with H R T ! |
| 12 | And there used to be like a big bobbin there and you to and they used to go like that and chuck it up and try and catch it you know , and And we used to play shuttlecock and battledore . |
| 13 | Little Bees try to be like a bee . |
| 14 | You have to learn to be like a doctor or a nurse , detached , is n't it ? " |
| 15 | I expected to be like a village . |
| 16 | She paused again , struggling for words to convey the innocence and intimacy of that friendship , words that had to be like a spider 's web , strong yet delicate , if she was to communicate to Mark 's coarse masculine intelligence some inkling of what that friendship had meant to her and Hilda . |
| 17 | You see , he knew me to be like a dog on a leash , straining to break free and head hell for leather into the nearest mischief . |
| 18 | Not feeling it 's got to be like a furniture showroom to be comfortable … |
| 19 | She in fact demonstrated what I have elsewhere argued ( Watson 1987 : 14 – 16 ) is at the basis of all education worthy of the name — a quality of five-fold respect , namely for oneself — a proper self-affirmation ; for all other people as persons like oneself ; for the total environment in which we find ourselves , both natural and cultural ; for beauty , delighting in experiencing a sense of awe and wonder ; and finally respect for truth which , however difficult to attain , needs to be like a beacon beckoning us forward . |
| 20 | She know that and she just seems to be like a vicious circle all the time , I mean she does n't , I mean just getting deeper , deeper into debt . |
| 21 | And so you 've got to be like a bloody monkey and you 've got to climb up the side of the van and climb along the side of the van without damaging any of the furniture right to the front to find the box to bring it back again . |