Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] like [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't bother to answer him back when he goes on like that . |
| 2 | Dad goes on like that , especially when his secretary 's off with a nervous breakdown again . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What if he goes on like this for ever ? |
| 5 | I 'm afraid he 'll get too hot and destroy himself one day , if he goes on like this . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , ’ said Julia with feeling , ‘ if he goes on like this , I should think someone will break his neck . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Of course he goes on like this because he 's jealous , ’ said John , when he and Ianthe were alone . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | Sits down like that and he does a dooberry on top of the wall . |
| 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 | But as for the Manson Classic S , I reckon it adds up like this . |
| 13 | As life speeds up like this I move among the urban people , in the urban setting , the city 's metal and mortar , its sharper interactions , with more grit and bite in the gears . |
| 14 | No one goes off like that any more . |
| 15 | it , it cuts down like that , then it goes off then it starts again , then it goes off and then goes |
| 16 | It breaks down like this : |
| 17 | do n't normally stays up like that |
| 18 | You 're meant either to run a mile , or else collapse back happily : oh yes , if she turns out like that , I can more than handle it . |
| 19 | No but again it does but but but when the but when the local community rises up like this and and expresses such a a heart felt opinion on something elected representatives or not surely they ought to listen when a specific issue like this is is obviously causing such concern ? |
| 20 | Capable of a 109mph top speed , acceleration from standstill to 62mph in 13 secs and seating four adults , Volvo 's Environmental Concept Car stacks up like few others in claiming a place on the roads of tomorrow . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Goes round like this and then it goes square at the back . |
| 23 | When it flicks out like this it is tasting or smelling the air . |
| 24 | I wonder if she carries on like that in London ? ’ |
| 25 | Carroll , whose continuing achilles injury has resulted in Gallagher stepping in as his deputy in recent games , admitted : ‘ Mick was brilliant , and if he carries on like that I might not be able to get my place back . ’ |
| 26 | If she carries on like that with her kids and all they 're going to be like her . |
| 27 | Just a bit left on her legs so the baby must have used up all if the baby carries on like this she 'll be anaemic I think . |
| 28 | , cos unless we 're going to get it straight , but it just all comes in like this time of year , and just comes and let us in . |
| 29 | All I have to do is push down , the man inside pushes up and the wardrobe slowly comes up like that . |
| 30 | Water comes up like this |