Example sentences of "like [v-ing] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Studying him now , dispassionately , without the emotional blindness of the aftermath of her accident , or the initial shock of finding that he was last night 's rescuer , it was like seeing him properly for the first time … |
2 | Thus Aintree 's recall man for the past seven years became the sacrificial offering so that the Jockey Club bigwigs could get on with more important business like tarting themselves up for Ascot and tea with the Royals . |
3 | But Chapman accepted that the short , stocky James was one of football 's great characters , an outstanding individualist who liked to do things his own way , like living it up at West End night clubs until the early hours . |
4 | Quite a few were very upset , they 'd only twelve months to go — it was just like turning them out on the street . |
5 | We 've got future plans for him like getting him up on his feet and walk short distances with full-length calipers |
6 | She supposed that Maria Luisa must have turned to Fernando in her despair when Steve had left Seville and that was how their affair had started ; now Fernando was so besotted it edged towards obsession and he was doing crazy things like holding her here against her will for some sort of revenge on Steve . |
7 | It was like enlarging herself tenfold into a chill but resplendent vastness , like taking seisin of the night . |
8 | Nor do I feel like setting myself up as an Aunt Sally just waiting for all those girls to throw themselves at me in the attempt to knock me off my perch ! ’ |