Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] like this " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't build them like this any more — Healey ( top ) , Cobra ( above ) |
| 2 | ‘ You shall paint me like this if it would please you , Barney dear , ’ she whispered aloud . |
| 3 | ‘ How can you treat me like this after all I have sacrificed for you ? ’ |
| 4 | You ca n't treat me like this ! |
| 5 | If you do love me , how can you treat me like this ? |
| 6 | That means you can treat me like this . |
| 7 | He rather hoped his wife would wake and catch him like this , unshaven , hair greasy and uncombed , and as he stood beside the bed he farted quite loudly , as if to remind her that she deserved someone as awful as him . |
| 8 | He would catch her like this , she thought disgustedly , old jeans , old sweater , dirty hands — and face , a quick glance in the mirror told her . |
| 9 | In fact , how dared they waylay her like this ? |
| 10 | ‘ We 'll do it like this , ’ they 'd told him . |
| 11 | Panama shoots her a quizzical glance , moves round to a position directly behind Archie 's plunging rear and , saying , ‘ You can do it like this an ’ all , dear , ’ delivers her chunky brogue with astonishing force into Archie 's tight scrotum . |
| 12 | You wan na do it like this . |
| 13 | You wan na do it like this one though . |
| 14 | The parents ca n't see them like this . ’ |
| 15 | Yeah , do you like me like this ? |
| 16 | ‘ How dare you manhandle me like this ? |
| 17 | How dare you insult me like this ? |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't see him like this , Liddy ! ’ said Bathsheba , looking in horror at her dusty dress . |
| 19 | It was unbelievable that anyone could condemn her like this without good reason . |
| 20 | He had an awful premonition he would always remember her like this — that he 'd never recall her cheerful buoyancy , her glowing smile when she had teased him . |
| 21 | I never thought we could see it like this . ’ |
| 22 | I did not see it like this at the time , but arched |
| 23 | Undoubtedly the parties did not see it like this . |
| 24 | Try not to do it as you go , I mean , try to have a very definite idea in your mind what you want to do cos otherwise , you know , you start off , you 've painted half of it grey and think oh do n't like it like this bit ! |
| 25 | She was to find out that something would startle her like this and then quieten down to an apparent normality , only to find that she had really been shaken up into accepting an entirely unnatural situation and adapting it to the flow of her life . |
| 26 | ‘ What have I ever done that makes you hate me like this ? ’ |
| 27 | The local team 's reply to England 's 334 for 4 was a not unimpressive 221 for 3 , with a trio of schoolboy prodigies ( 'We could produce them like this on better pitches , ’ Stewart said ) in their line-up . |
| 28 | I 'd rather have him like this . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Honestly , ’ Charles was saying , after more than an hour of beleaguered explanation , or semi-explanation , ‘ I did n't think you 'd take it like this , old thing , I thought you 'd — well , I thought you 'd be relieved , to tell you the truth . |
| 30 | So you could try it like this if we had twenty four we could see what happens if you make them into twos ? |