1.   Had he spoken like this to anyone else, it would have been taken as an insult.

2.   It was a gentle animal, and it spoke like a human in a deep soothing voice.

3.   Oh, he was covered in dirt and spoke like an actor reciting his lines but he made one mistake.

4.   Straitlaced Amos, for example, was less stereotypical than his pals, and Sapphire spoke nothing like her husband.

5.   He had never spoken like this.

6.   Um Khalid explained that she had never imagined that one year ago she would be speaking like this today.

7.   Lancashire people do speak like Rita Fairclough.

8.   He was cowled and hooded, but he spoke like a soldier.

9.   If Adam was speaking like he is now that pick it up.

10.   Asked whether he would lead a revival, he spoke almost like a cowboy.