Example sentences of "like [pron] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh no , ’ protested Moreau , ‘ I 'm sure you do n't want an old buffer like me tagging along with you . ’ |
| 2 | Like someone struggling out of a drugged sleep , Sarella flickered open her eyelids , blinking in confusion as if unsure as to where she was . |
| 3 | Now and again , of course , you have to deal with the awkward moments , like someone reading aloud from a Sunday paper the ‘ sordid story of perverted vice ’ which has obviously been concocted over a few jars by a hack hounded by deadline . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't think you care about Donald ! ’ she said , pushing off from the cupboard , like someone striking out in a swimming bath . |
| 5 | And pause like someone coming out of a wood . |
| 6 | To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years . |
| 7 | I 've never felt hostility like that before , there was violence everywhere , I could smell it like something crawling out of the ground , it was like having second sight , the sense that something terrible was going to happen and there was nothing you could do to stop it . |
| 8 | Yeah , but if they 'd have , if they 'd have said look , we 're onto erm a job now which would 've been a big job and it looks like it finishing up in Yorkshire , finishing up in Lancashire , be ready if we give a call out . |
| 9 | I shook my head regretfully — I had n't brought it with me , thinking the English would look down on my caftan with its silver belt — although I saw garments like it selling here at huge prices . |
| 10 | It 's not like us nipping down for a pint with the vicar ! ’ |