Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , it is cheaper for them to operate like this because they do not have regular wage bills to pay . |
| 2 | It 's a big effort for me to behave like other people . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ What do you think of me appearing like that in front of the men ? ’ she asked in her slow , earnest , Germanic accent , gazing at Jane with steady blue eyes . |
| 4 | I do n't know why some of them get like that , well of course they should n't be doctors any how . |
| 5 | You 'd ha you 'd have it fixed two of them fixed like this on a a bit of a erm er straw rope . |
| 6 | Many of them seemed like tiny oases hemmed in by the alien rubber which overran the entire peninsula . |
| 7 | If they 'd caught her , they 'd have stuck her in Imbrium or somewhere , some institution She 'd been in places like that before That was like death to her There must have been a lot of them caught like that , at the end , |
| 8 | Well in some of he boxes like that and once he hits them , and he knows he 's hurt them , then they |
| 9 | It 's bad for you to cry like that . " |
| 10 | So one good reason not to support Norwich is the hefty £52 they charge for you to look like one of their players . |
| 11 | And erm but the trouble was as soon as they saw us come , they were right behind us going like this with their horns , you know ! |
| 12 | But of course with them coming like that and perishable goods , we let them go as they wanted them , to clear the lot like that . |
| 13 | And the weakness of these works is not just that Hall can not integrate ‘ arty ’ steps into jazz without them looking like destitute cliches , it is that his dancers are not adequately trained to look comfortable in mainstream styles . |
| 14 | If I put another ring on it cuts like that one . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm sorry , look at me crying like this . ’ |
| 16 | There is a necessity for us to behave like this in order to cope with the informational complexity with which we are perpetually faced — we ‘ know ’ something works so we do it , bracketing off the rest of the world until it becomes clear that there is a need to change our basic beliefs . |
| 17 | Will : ‘ All this nonsense about us sounding like Half Man , Half Biscuit . |
| 18 | ‘ The dialogue between us began like this : ‘ Of course , you can begin your [ EDI ] project , but just keep sending the bills on paper as well ! ’ , ’ he said . |