Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] like [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How nice it would be , he thought , to sit collapsed like this forever . |
| 2 | He would never have been allowed to remain looking like that in the regimented environment of a long-stay ward , but the staff of the house were striving to apply their understanding of the principles of normalization . |
| 3 | One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’ |
| 4 | Many people try to justify stealing like that . |
| 5 | to keep going like that ? |
| 6 | But think about it any form of any form of problem that you have arguments that you have tend to tend to develop like that . |
| 7 | I saw it and said , ‘ Not me , baby , I 'm not going to get caught like that . ’ |
| 8 | Miss Hutchinson said : ‘ They should n't use that netting if birds are going to get caught like this . |
| 9 | It was n't possible for him to have vanished like that . |
| 10 | I saw him redden : he was ashamed to have thought like this . |
| 11 | But it 's lasted about seven year , so you never can organ but once we did start I did enjoy the ones over here because over there when your kids were small you did n't go out much anyway but now that your kids are up you 've got it , and personally I enjoyed the ones that started but they do n't have Christmas dance , barn dances and things like this , they do n't org we have to have to organize like that ourself . |
| 12 | I did n't hear that either , do n't expect to get dressed like this and get out in it ? |
| 13 | He wants to see me , it 's good news , there 's no reason for you to get upset like this . ’ |