Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] like [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One believer in the limits of law puts it like this : ‘ laws are often ineffective , doomed to stultification almost at birth , doomed by the over-ambitions of the legislator and the under-provision of the necessary requirements for an effective law , such as adequate preliminary survey , communication , acceptance , and enforcement machinery . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ … he had no right to hit you like that ! ’ |
| 3 | He was n't a part of her life any more , he had no right to treat her like this ! |
| 4 | The way her heart seemed to squeeze inside her chest , the way her pulses seemed to skip a beat whenever Roman watched her like that , was deeply disturbing . |
| 5 | Carrots and meat and good stuff , and then they used to put a little flour to thicken it like this do you see , with a big spoon like that . |
| 6 | ‘ No need to take it like that . |
| 7 | There 's no need to take it like that … |
| 8 | But it was still a shock to see her like that , looking so old and spent . ’ |
| 9 | The old ruined oak tree beckoned him like some great finger thrust up from the green grass . |
| 10 | One recruitment manager put it like this : A year ago we were buying teams … now we 're filling holes . " |
| 11 | She said thoughtfully , ‘ I suppose I 'm just gullible , allowing a man 's sheer showmanship to affect me like that . ’ |
| 12 | Furthermore , once language is recognised as simply a type of behaviour , it seems to make sense to treat it like any other subject which adults deliberately teach to children . |
| 13 | He 's bit and bridle , ball and chain , a rope to tether me like any other animal . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He does n't want the world to see him like this , ’ says Howard . |
| 15 | One prisoner put it like this : ‘ I waken up every morning with this pain . |
| 16 | Did n't it hurt his arm to hold her like this ? she wondered distractedly , but then another tremulous whimper escaped her as the hand holding her against him moved to cover her breast . |
| 17 | Why should it have the power to hurt her like this ? |