Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be very comfortable , but they 'd be surprised to see me like that at the Queen Elizabeth Hall . ’ |
| 2 | He thought to himself ‘ I do n't want him to see me like this ’ . |
| 3 | They do n't build them like this any more — Healey ( top ) , Cobra ( above ) |
| 4 | ‘ How dare he answer me like that ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You shall paint me like this if it would please you , Barney dear , ’ she whispered aloud . |
| 6 | reckon they sell them like that ? |
| 7 | ‘ They do n't make them like that nowadays , ’ he agreed , shaking out a scarlet Victorian ballgown . |
| 8 | And er some of us seemed to be more awkward than others , I mean some people 's feet when you look at them and , and areas like that , that , you think well why did Jehovah make them like that , they 're so ugly and yet without them where would we be ? |
| 9 | It 's just great to have Marie touching me like this . |
| 10 | He 'll be sorry he 's treated me like this , Ellen ! ’ |
| 11 | You ca n't treat me like that . |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't let him treat me like that . ’ |
| 13 | I know total-total that if I had my own bike , the Wheels-and-brakes Boys would n't treat me like that . |
| 14 | ‘ How can you treat me like this after all I have sacrificed for you ? ’ |
| 15 | You ca n't treat me like this ! |
| 16 | If you do love me , how can you treat me like this ? |
| 17 | That means you can treat me like this . |
| 18 | These were slow to develop , and the realisation of this made it difficult ( even had they wished to do so ) for Ministers to treat them like private sector companies , subject largely to control by fiscal and monetary policies rather than detailed intervention on capital spending . |
| 19 | They had heard how hospitals messed people about with all that unnecessary waiting and medical jargon , and if anyone tried to treat them like illiterate peasants there 'd be a letter in the post to some M.P . |
| 20 | However , in order for the abdominals to grow you must treat them like any other muscle group , and work them hard for 8 to 12 reps using 3 to 4 sets . |
| 21 | I ca n't , look at you eating them like that . |
| 22 | She said thoughtfully , ‘ I suppose I 'm just gullible , allowing a man 's sheer showmanship to affect me like that . ’ |
| 23 | Do n't eat them like that ! |
| 24 | I want to be taken seriously , which makes it galling that when I 've got a brain , certain types of men try to treat me like some empty-headed bimbo who … ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Are you going to treat me like this for the next ten years ? ’ |
| 26 | How could you hurt me like that ? |
| 27 | No I want them like that . |
| 28 | You used to get two shears underneath your arm like that , and they used to drop them down like that , across your knees and top them like that , see ? |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't stand it when you touch me like that . |
| 30 | ‘ I ca n't bear it when you touch me like that ! ’ |