Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] like [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they were told to introduce themselves like this : " I 'm calling from Deller Page and Rycott Ltd in the City of London ! |
| 2 | I suppose you could , if you were going to wear it like that , you could take the belt right off . |
| 3 | ‘ You know , I was rather afraid you were going to say something like that . ’ |
| 4 | Because it had suddenly occurred to her that Guy Sterne was bothering to justify himself like this only because his relationship with Nicola Schreider was threatened if he did n't . |
| 5 | They 'd fallen asleep , a head on each shoulder and she was determined to leave them like that for as long as she could . |