Example sentences of "[pron] have been [adv] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , if I had been more like you , Catherine … |
| 2 | Yeah well it 's rare for me to come to the doctor 's but last three week I 've been here like every week , kind of thing . |
| 3 | She told The European newspaper : ‘ We have not been neutrals : we have been more like accomplices . ’ |
| 4 | I only wish there had been more like him in my life . ’ |
| 5 | It has been more like carnival week in Rio than the death of an iron man . |
| 6 | His presidency , in other words , might have ended less ingloriously if he had been more like his successor in the White House . |
| 7 | You can tell she 's in a good mood from the number of bitchy remarks : from Glenys Kinnock 's dress sense ( ‘ Silly girl to be wearing Yves Saint Laurent ’ ) to the election campaign ( ‘ It 's been just like an American election : no ideas ’ ) to John Major 's now certain victory ( ‘ It 's conserved everything we 've stood for ’ — we , doubtless , in the sense of I ) . |
| 8 | Forget the last six months , admit it 's been more like a year , remove yourself from the desperate turns on the rack of rejection … at least you know how to love . |
| 9 | " It 's been more like six " |
| 10 | I 've only been here a matter of hours , but I feel as though it 's been more like a week ! ’ |
| 11 | Miss Evans said , ‘ You might say he 's been more like a father to me than a brother . ’ |