Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You look like a mental deficient standing there gawking . ’ |
| 32 | You look like a young priest in your black and white , no , like a novice , an apprentice monk , you view the world with shocked amazement , you need a real woman in your life . ’ |
| 33 | You look like a constipated panda . ’ |
| 34 | You look like a drowned rat nothing personal . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ You look like a drowned rat , ’ he commented , raising one eyebrow . |
| 36 | ‘ You look like a new religious cult from San Francisco , ’ Nutty decided . |
| 37 | When I got home my dad took one look at it and said , you look like a bleeding nancy boy . |
| 38 | you look like a red chicken |
| 39 | You look like a sexy woman and he treated you like one . |
| 40 | You look like a little Dutch girl . |
| 41 | ‘ You look like a little blue bush-baby … ’ |
| 42 | You look like a damned wop . |
| 43 | Now you look like a Botticelli nymph . ’ |
| 44 | And you look like a blushing bride . |
| 45 | ‘ You look like a schizophrenic transvestite . ’ |
| 46 | Whittering on and on like that , you sound like a blooming Lefty ! |
| 47 | You sound like a Victorian miss . |
| 48 | Made even you sound like a board-school lad at the pit-face . |
| 49 | You sound like a distracted mother of ten , ’ laughed Susan , and added a moment later : ‘ Poor Breeze , it 's very hard on you , having all these burdens thrust on your shoulders . |
| 50 | You sound like a squeaky , squawky parrot . |
| 51 | You sound like a bad play ! ’ |
| 52 | ‘ You sound like a royal going round a factory , ’ Fred said . |
| 53 | ‘ You sound like a jealous wife , ’ he remarked flippantly . |
| 54 | You seem like a respectable sort of a lady , really , but I ca n't have people laughing like that and screaming and abusing in my pub . |
| 55 | You seem like a nice guy . |
| 56 | F—in' red wine on the carpet , that was bad , white wine on the walls so you get like a nice green tinge and they 'd been sick and broken the toilet seat and they 'd shit in the toilet and not flush it , fags in the coffee cups , I do n't let them come round any more … ’ |
| 57 | you get like a little ladder , |
| 58 | ‘ You talk like a bloody prosecuting counsel . |
| 59 | You talk like a bloody Rhodes scholar , and you 're slinging drinks at a lounge . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ You talk like a hard businesswoman , ’ he murmured , his eyes glinting , ‘ but with your hair tousled over your face , and in that sexy , rumpled little dress , you 're so damn desirable that all thoughts of business vanish from my mind , Caroline . ’ |