Example sentences of "i [verb] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | I mean like a ballpark figure . ’ |
| 4 | When I worked abroad , I lived like a gentleman of leisure . |
| 5 | from the railings , I fought like a cat |
| 6 | The house was right down at the bottom of the street , and I moved like a ghost from lamp to lamp , tiptoeing for some reason , as if I were in a jungle in dread of attracting the attention of wild animals prowling near me . |
| 7 | I sleep like a log — a clear conscience . ’ |
| 8 | I sleep like a log and never get indigestion . |
| 9 | ‘ I sleep like a baby . ’ |
| 10 | I say like a fool . |
| 11 | I howled like a dog , struggling against my captors , until someone gave me a crack across the head and I slipped into unconsciousness . |
| 12 | You think I behaved like a fool ? ’ |
| 13 | I pushed myself through the agony of broaching the subject of Mark 's death and then , when I had the opportunity to finish the deed and expose the truth of my association , tell Luke what a low-down swine he is , I crumbled like a coward . |
| 14 | Today , when I was practising , I played like a truck driver . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ For the first four holes I played like a 20-handicapper . |
| 16 | I remember once when he was talking about acting on the continent , he said , ‘ They like me because I act like a German . ’ |
| 17 | I drove like a champion , and Susan kept Dreaming obstacles into our pursuers ' way . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Probably that I 'm a genius and that I look like a donkey — or something like that |
| 20 | I look like a schoolgirl ! ’ she said to herself . |
| 21 | ‘ How can I relax when I look like a blancmange covered in maraschino cherries ? ’ |
| 22 | I look like a witch there . |
| 23 | I look like a witch there . |
| 24 | What do you mean , I look like a bum ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Oh I look like a model there . |
| 27 | " Toast , I look like a piece of toast . " |
| 28 | I look like a train spotter . ’ |
| 29 | " But then , what else could I be when I look like a scarecrow and smell like a fox ? " |
| 30 | 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 . |