Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have been like " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of her eight-week course at the ICO she declared that the experience had been like a very deep well with pure water . |
| 2 | What would the album have been like if you had n't gone there ? |
| 3 | Taking part in the programme has been like an exciting adventure , discovering the hidden strengths of a community in its parents , and the willingness of Community Mothers to contribute to growth and development within their communities . |
| 4 | Yet the process of reading the spread had been like mounting a ladder that vanished beneath her : once started there was no return . |
| 5 | He tried to remember what the weather had been like in the last week and realized he had no idea ; like many city-dwellers he had moved from flat to car to office without registering any variation . |
| 6 | He composed his blends not only according to the flavour of the juice , but also according to what the weather had been like that year — an early or late development , depending on the amount of cold or rain there had been — and according to whether the vines had grown a rich or mediocre foliage . |
| 7 | Sometimes it has n't , mostly it has , but whatever the weather 's been like , the copy has to be delivered , the pictures taken , the enthusiasm maintained . |