Example sentences of "on like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | His insistence on sexual matters could not be merely attributable to his calling , since not all doctors carried on like that . |
| 32 | ‘ He is far too old to be carrying on like that , ’ she said censoriously . |
| 33 | ‘ I thought Mum was much too old to carry on like that . ’ |
| 34 | She can go on like that for hours if she is n't stopped ’ . |
| 35 | You spoil them , going on like that . |
| 36 | Some couples go on like that , even after they 're divorced . ’ |
| 37 | He went on like that until the chief officer nodded him through with a glazed look in his eyes . |
| 38 | It went on like that all the way out of Lima , Ward 's voice sometimes hard and accusing , sometimes dangerously quiet , and the Indian mumbling his replies , and sometimes answering in his own tongue . |
| 39 | No business to lead her on like that . ’ |
| 40 | He spoke in a low voice , saying a man could have a heart-attack , being crept up on like that . |
| 41 | We can not go on like that . |
| 42 | ‘ Even in Libya they do n't carry on like that , ’ he had said . |
| 43 | but I ca n't afford to go on like that you see |
| 44 | Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression . |
| 45 | Up home they 'd soon know what to call you if you started going on like that . |
| 46 | You never know You never know , you might get on like that . |
| 47 | Carroll , whose continuing achilles injury has resulted in Gallagher stepping in as his deputy in recent games , admitted : ‘ Mick was brilliant , and if he carries on like that I might not be able to get my place back . ’ |
| 48 | His voice droned on like that of a guide doing a conducted tour . |
| 49 | And they just put it on leg and just put a little bit on like that and just went ee ooh ! |
| 50 | only just drop on like that do n't they ? |
| 51 | I reckon you should have another lip and it fits that slide on like that |
| 52 | yeah , got ta go on like that i n't it ? |
| 53 | worries me that he really ca n't carry on like that . |
| 54 | If she carries on like that with her kids and all they 're going to be like her . |
| 55 | What 's the point of carrying on like that ? |
| 56 | Well he 's going to carry on like that is n't he ? |
| 57 | er that things go on like that . |
| 58 | Just clip it on like that . |
| 59 | Well we kept on like that and er er people like that we were packing up wholesale so erm I 've lost myself a little bit now . |
| 60 | I said that 's business I said and I 'm afraid we ca n't carry on like that . |