Example sentences of "i be like the " in BNC.
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1 | Abbot was knocked sideways with delight , and wrote to Repton , ‘ I am like the possessor of some gem of inestimable value and beauty , concealed in a casket … . |
2 | I am like the cow at the sea shore , bound by the motion of the waves . |
3 | I am like the child spell-bound by the accumulated powers of the night , — darkness , the sound of silence , loneliness , infinite possibility , all mingled in a vast horror . |
4 | I am like the leaves and flowers of ikebana , with roots cut off , stuck in a spiked metal holder ( kenzan ) instead of in the earth . |
5 | It is impossible to express the Hopes , the Fears , the various Conjectures , and Reveries , that your humble Servant must undergo this important Season , I am like the unhappy Gentleman mentioned in the Guardian ; and can scarce endure the bare Pronunciation of the Letter S : The hissing of the Tea-kettle distracts me ; and if I meet a Goose , I shun him as I would a Lion , or a Crocodile . |
6 | I am like the Negro , I just go on . |
7 | I am like the painter of that mosaic , the small pieces are falling into place and I need your help . |
8 | ‘ I 'm like the man who builds St Paul 's Cathedral out of matchsticks , ’ he says . |
9 | ‘ You 're the breeze and I 'm like the aspen tree , ’ she said . |
10 | ‘ I 'm like the rest of you . |
11 | By this time I 'm like the ice-man and he 's still at boiling-point . |
12 | ‘ I 'm like the rest of the fans . |
13 | I love making music , and I 've always wanted to travel , but in the end I 'm like the Glueman . |
14 | You know , I 'm like the others |
15 | I 'm like the baby taken from the toilet . |
16 | I 'm like the rest : I want to preserve my job . |
17 | But I 'm like the walking dead . |
18 | But you do n't know , do you , because sometimes it all depends because I 'm like the only one in my family , |
19 | Well , I was like the rest , I 'd got to help out standing at the stalls , like . |