Example sentences of "like [adj] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1	Almost all the harrowing experiences of indecision that can arise almost daily for conscientious parents , are like that for no other reason than that they , the parents , have not themselves been trained in the light of a reliable and respected source of guidance .
2	In practice , iteration in this case behaves rather like that for a defective matrix ( 2.7.5 ) , in that convergence is slow and successive columns tend to a quasi-arithmetic progression of the elements .
3	‘ He 's not been like that for a long time . ’
4	They stayed like that for a long moment and then he said , ‘ Light the candle . ’
5	Charlotte and I sat like that for a long time , remembering .
6	They stayed like that for a long time , sometimes moving , sometimes still , the hardness of him and the warmth and softness of her blended into one .
7	He pulled me to my feet , and flung his arms around me and squeezed me as if he wanted to gather me right into himself , never let me go , and we stayed like that for a long time , not speaking , rocking to and fro .
8	They lay like that for a long time .
9	He sat like that for a long time .
10	He had talked like that for a long time now .
11	you ai n't blushed like that for a long while have you ? , yeah , that will be a holiday , watch your camp bed do n't fold up love
12	Well I do n't mind owt like that for a good cause June .
13	‘ Would n't it be better to love like that for a little while than never to know what it is like ? ’ she asked herself silently .
14	They stayed together like this for a long time .
15	They remained like this for a long time .
16	Stars will remain stable like this for a long time , with heat from the nuclear reactions balancing the gravitational attraction .
17	‘ We have wanted something like this for a long time . ’
18	I do n't think he will be able to , like this for a long time .

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