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Example sentences of "like [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	This convention retained something of the laconic style of drafting of its Latin American predecessors , and like them applied in principle to both the service of documents and the taking of evidence .
2	The Trimdon seven , incidentally , are joined by Hartlepool 's Keith Nobbs who like them went to Sedgefield Comp but is definitely a foreigner .
3	Closely akin to leaseholds , and like them classed as personal interests in land , are tenancies at will and at sufferance .
4	Whatever our Customers want to say we like them to speak to the staff at Shell stations first .
5	Then he touched his lips to my hand and murmured ‘ I would sing for thee , bright vision — woulds't thou like me to sing for thee ? ’
6	Certainly if players such as Edberg , involved in the final stages of the Australian Open , felt even remotely like I did after the 31 hours it took me to arrive home from Melbourne before leaving on another seven hour journey to Bayonne less than 24 hours later , then it is no wonder that many of them are unable to do justice either to themselves or their countries in Davis Cup competition , as things stand .
7	Like I have to be sure of him .
8	‘ I just hope I can keep shooting birdies like I have in the first two rounds . ’
9	Well yeah the tax is erm deducted at source if you like you know before
10	So that is why , being a good boy scouts , and girl guides that you are you are gon na put things in the car so that you 're , you are prepared for wet weather , or cold weather erm , such as an old blanket or something to sit on er , because we like you to sit upon a bank as far away from the traffic as possible
11	And you can have an M O T certificate , they like you to book for those cos it takes the nurse quite a time to do you .
12	Like you talk to yourself . ’
13	‘ Like you did to me ?
14	I remember on one occasion I dashed out of the television studios to the bookshop in Norwich without a trace of make-up on and these kids fell off their bikes , saying ‘ Ugh , in real life you do n't look at all like you do on TV . ’ ’
15	Like you do in the supermarket sometimes , when you can sense something behind you and you turn and there 's this camera , mounted at the edge of a shelf , swivelling its one black eye this way and that , like some malevolent goblin at the door to a secret cave .
16	It was an act of needlessly gratuitous violence and one which ensured for good and all , that Meryl Streep would be declining to take the female lead in the film version of this one , just like she had with the last two .
17	Or was she behaving again like she had after the strange happenings on Monument Hill ?
18	‘ Like we saw in the magazine .
19	No chance of getting any laundry done unless we meet some tribe of washerwomen waiting for custom outside one of those zinc shacks like we saw in that village in Provence do you remember ?
20	‘ I think the best solution to all this is to have third country umpires like we have in other sports . ’
21	Léonie enquired : like we do in England ?
22	I am not aware of anybody in the West making vacuum tubes like we used in guitar amplification .
23	I am not aware of anybody in the West making vacuum tubes like we used in guitar amplification .
24	He said what ever you do he said do n't cover the hole up , he said they like they like to , they like to see light .
25	Folk live on those boats like they do on the Seine , it 's the artist 's life they 're leading there .
26	‘ If I had a choice I would just wear a dhoti like they do in India .
27	Deano will score the first goal of the season just like he did for Sheff .
28	If he did n't like you , he 'd let you know it — just like he did with the drama teacher .
29	Then he wolfed her down , just like he did with Little Red Riding Hood 's grandmother .
30	‘ I want to see him take the ball from them , and the strikers , so that he can look to score goals like he did in Wednesday 's game with Turkey . ’