Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] like [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I am not sure why this quarter was called ‘ Chinese ’ except that perhaps its apartness from the regular secular and religious life of Salamanca made it seem like another country , and a far-off , exotic one at that . |
2 | It was the drink making him talk like that . |
3 | How many times on Monday morning did you go like that ? |
4 | ‘ Do other men make you react like this ? ’ he asked at last . |
5 | ‘ What the hell did you stop like that for ? ’ he asked harshly . |
6 | Such questions might be , ‘ Does the fact that you feel this way make you respond like this ? ’ , |
7 | To some observers , the new generations who were born into this environment appeared stunted and uncouth ; their cheap clothing and strange variations on the English language made them seem like another species , almost subhuman . |