Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] like a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean like a ballpark figure . ’ |
| 2 | But it 's not easy I mean you know I was reading an article ages ago a few months ago actually and saying you know if you think about it the sort of revolution was over a year ago and still the government has n't done anything about it and I mean like a lot of provisions that have been brought into Romania sort of go in the front door and out of the back door and you know they sort of sent those of supplies like contraceptions and things like that for the women and overlap |
| 3 | Yeah but ah then again why I mean like a lot of people have do n't have actual they have n't got money but they they sort of choose to have money tied up in property , though it do n't mean to say you 're wealthy just because you 've got a big house does it ? |
| 4 | I smell like a major operation . |
| 5 | ‘ I sleep like a baby . ’ |
| 6 | I sleep like a log — a clear conscience . ’ |
| 7 | I sleep like a log and never get indigestion . |
| 8 | I say like a fool . |
| 9 | I remember once when he was talking about acting on the continent , he said , ‘ They like me because I act like a German . ’ |
| 10 | this is not to suggest that I function like a computer ( which would be anathema to me ) , for there is always something to react to , something new to learn , or to improve . |
| 11 | I look like a refugee from a Verdi opera , stranded in the damp gentle valleys of South West England , where no one has yet introduced me to wellington boots or the useful strategy of invisibility . |
| 12 | What do you mean , I look like a bum ? |
| 13 | ‘ THE next person who says I look like a Blues Brother , gets it , ’ says Suggs while brandishing a brolly at the Madness reunion gig on Saturday . |
| 14 | Probably that I 'm a genius and that I look like a donkey — or something like that |
| 15 | I look like a train spotter . ’ |
| 16 | " But then , what else could I be when I look like a scarecrow and smell like a fox ? " |
| 17 | " Toast , I look like a piece of toast . " |
| 18 | ‘ I look like a rough schooley , ’ she grins . |
| 19 | BELVILLE : I look like a fine puppy to suffer myself to be thus interrogated by an insolent sister . |
| 20 | I know people have written saying that I look like a nun , or could have been a nun , but that 's the last thing I would want to be . |
| 21 | ‘ How can I relax when I look like a blancmange covered in maraschino cherries ? ’ |
| 22 | I look like a schoolgirl ! ’ she said to herself . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh well , at least I look like a doctor ! |
| 24 | I look like a demented barber . |
| 25 | er I know I look like a real goody goody and everything I 'm not really ! |
| 26 | I look like a witch there . |
| 27 | Oh I look like a model there . |
| 28 | I look like a witch there . |
| 29 | I look like a fly trap , yeah . |
| 30 | and hold the furniture in heavy seas — while I stand like a chestnut tree |