Example sentences of "goes [adv prt] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mustard goes on like acrylic paint , and the world is not my oyster . |
| 2 | I do n't bother to answer him back when he goes on like that . |
| 3 | Dad goes on like that , especially when his secretary 's off with a nervous breakdown again . |
| 4 | He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring . |
| 5 | What if he goes on like this for ever ? |
| 6 | I 'm afraid he 'll get too hot and destroy himself one day , if he goes on like this . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , ’ said Julia with feeling , ‘ if he goes on like this , I should think someone will break his neck . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Of course he goes on like this because he 's jealous , ’ said John , when he and Ianthe were alone . |
| 9 | On March 1st a French listening post overheard a German remark on the telephone : ‘ if it goes on like this we sha n't have a man left after the war ’ . |
| 10 | hiatus hernia is where you ripped your stomach and your stomach goes in like that and it stops it going down |
| 11 | It just goes in like that . |
| 12 | No one goes off like that any more . |
| 13 | Where the road is , you sh- , you should sort of come out like that and the main road sort of goes round like that and you need to sort of go like that . |
| 14 | Goes round like this and then it goes square at the back . |