Example sentences of "[verb] together like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could he be making small talk when their bodies were pressed together like this ? |
| 2 | ‘ When we came together like that , at the last , it all came back , complete in every nauseating detail . ’ |
| 3 | I must be a fool to have needed to see him and Marise together like that before I knew . ’ |
| 4 | If I promise to let you know if your brother-in-law contacts me surely you 'll call off this business of staying together like two ill-matched peas in one small pod ? ’ |
| 5 | Feet were wiped , the steps were brought in , the samovar was stoked and nostrils which had stuck together like prickly gauze snuffled back to life . |
| 6 | They talked together like old friends . |
| 7 | Our past and present belong together like two sides of the same coin . |
| 8 | Why could they not always live together like this ? |
| 9 | ‘ But … oh , heavens , this sounds arrogant , as if I 'm some irresistible Lolita or something … but I would n't want you getting any ideas about me while we 're thrown together like this … ’ |
| 10 | Boys were jammed together like rush-hour travellers on the Underground . |
| 11 | ‘ Remember the last time we waited together like this , Charlie ? ’ |
| 12 | It does n't look very nice straight held together like that . |
| 13 | Benjamin and I sat at one end of the trestle board , they sat at the other , grouped together like stupid boys immersed in their own private jokes . |
| 14 | ‘ I know it sounds sentimental and kind of naff , but it 's quite moving to see a group of people working together like this . |
| 15 | They stayed together like this for a long time . |