Example sentences of "you [vb base] like a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are a natural for taking on positions of power and authority but sometimes you act like a domestic Goat instead of the mountain variety and allow yourself to become tethered to some safe little post . |
| 2 | You speak like an educated woman . ’ |
| 3 | He also said that you attack like a well-trained guard dog . |
| 4 | You look like a mental deficient standing there gawking . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | You look like a constipated panda . ’ |
| 7 | You look like a drowned rat nothing personal . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You look like a drowned rat , ’ he commented , raising one eyebrow . |
| 9 | ‘ You look like a new religious cult from San Francisco , ’ Nutty decided . |
| 10 | When I got home my dad took one look at it and said , you look like a bleeding nancy boy . |
| 11 | you look like a red chicken |
| 12 | You look like a sexy woman and he treated you like one . |
| 13 | You look like a little Dutch girl . |
| 14 | ‘ You look like a little blue bush-baby … ’ |
| 15 | You look like a damned wop . |
| 16 | Now you look like a Botticelli nymph . ’ |
| 17 | And you look like a blushing bride . |
| 18 | ‘ You look like a schizophrenic transvestite . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I think you look like an absolute stunner , do n't you , Bunjy ? ’ |
| 20 | Whittering on and on like that , you sound like a blooming Lefty ! |
| 21 | You sound like a Victorian miss . |
| 22 | Made even you sound like a board-school lad at the pit-face . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | You sound like a squeaky , squawky parrot . |
| 25 | You sound like a bad play ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You sound like a royal going round a factory , ’ Fred said . |
| 27 | ‘ You sound like a jealous wife , ’ he remarked flippantly . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | You seem like a nice guy . |
| 30 | 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 … ’ |