Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noone knew what had happened cos noone expected a free kick in the first place let alone expected them to take it like that . |
| 2 | I want you to wear it like that always . ’ |
| 3 | Anyway , let us arrange it like this : we 'll keep it quiet until the beginning of the year , and then , if you have n't changed your mind ’ — he leant his head towards her , a soft smile on his face — ‘ I will ask your mother if we can become engaged , and just before you 're seventeen or just after , we 'll be married . ’ |
| 4 | how to spell it , but I do n't think you spell it like that , I know how to spell it |
| 5 | ‘ I hope Elizabeth does n't think we got him like that , ’ worried Betty . |
| 6 | Mad to let him kiss me like this . |
| 7 | He told himself that the man was arrogant , self-satisfied , and smelled of after-shave stuff ; Helen was an idiot to let him pester her like this . |
| 8 | She was n't going to let him affect her like this — never again ! she told herself desperately , taking a deep breath as she tried to ignore her racing pulse . |
| 9 | She sings about sex with all the passion of a particularly prudish kindergarden teacher , and the songs , written predominantly by Stock , Waterman and Minogue herself , are just dull in spite of ‘ provocative ’ titles like ‘ Right Here , Right Now ’ and ‘ I Guess I Like It Like That ’ . |
| 10 | I suppose they arranged it like that . ’ |
| 11 | reckon they sell them like that ? |
| 12 | I did n't think they bred them like that any more . |
| 13 | He thought to himself ‘ I do n't want him to see me like this ’ . |
| 14 | She felt sorry for him again , and worried because it must hurt him to see her like that . |
| 15 | It hurt her to see him like this , resorting to holding her here to get revenge on Steve . |
| 16 | And then Lucy said , ‘ Why did you leave me like that ? ’ |
| 17 | Why do you do it like that ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why do you bother me like this ? ’ she cried . |
| 19 | How do you keep it like that ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why do you say it like that , ’ he asked , ‘ as though you did n't believe me ? ’ |
| 21 | George Langley said , ‘ Why do you say it like that ? |
| 22 | Yeah , do you like me like this ? |
| 23 | Why did she leave me like that ? |
| 24 | In fact , how dared they waylay her like this ? |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't let him treat me like that . ’ |
| 26 | Carrie said , ‘ She must be stark mad to come in and let him see her like that . |
| 27 | How dared he treat her like this — flirting first with Stephanie Marsa , and then cynically switching to her ? |
| 28 | How did he get them like that ? |
| 29 | ‘ What have I ever done that makes you hate me like this ? ’ |
| 30 | Does Nicola say hers itch her like that ? |