Example sentences of "it be like the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's like the widows might , but when you think of the way |
2 | ‘ If it 's like the others … ’ |
3 | It 's like the adverts that you see on TV for things like sanitary towels . |
4 | I mean it 's like the Indians and the fake rocks that the chippie ran up . |
5 | Yes it 's like the holidays , vacation |
6 | It is , it 's like the sidings . |
7 | It 's like the graphs you know |
8 | It 's like the girls said to me today , erm just before the end of I 'm doing it again ! |
9 | It 's like the bees : it does n't say what it 's a sign of . |
10 | I mean , it 's like the jeans , I say , for Laura I paid fourteen ninety nine for a pair there , and eleven ninety nine for the other pair , well I 've been and got myself two pair cos I mean , it 's more or less all I wear just a , a couple of weeks before , and I 'd only paid twelve ninety nine a pair for my own ! |
11 | It 's like the guys are all moaning , it 's a bloody caring society or whatever it 's meant to be . |
12 | It 's like the yearlings from Doncaster , Doncaster Specials . |
13 | It is like the problems one would get into if time travel were possible , which I do n't think it ever will be . |
14 | It is like the Ides of March , and we had all better stay indoors . |
15 | In that respect it is like the rates . |
16 | They 'd think it was like the things you heard on the television news , about children going missing . |
17 | Mr Ely said the operation changed their lives : ‘ It was like the heavens opening up . ’ |
18 | If it was like the others it would have a metal plate set into its chest . |
19 | that 's er one of those upright ones in there she said yeah I thought Claire might be interested in that and so I was thinking it was like the ones we 've seen but it 's not , it 's completely round and it 's on erm like a stand like that , you know , it 's an upright |
20 | erm er but it was , it was like the bits in between that he used to slot in , you know the erm the referrals |
21 | It was like the dragons . ’ |
22 | It was like the conversations he had on the ‘ Carry On ’ set , embroidered for an audience whom he knew could relate to it all . |
23 | It was like the changing-rooms of a thousand football clubs , or schools for that matter . |