Example sentences of "like [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | ( 1 ) If seeing something is like eating it with the eye , so that it gives us sensations in our eyes as eating manna gives us ‘ sensations of sickness , and sometimes of acute pains or gripings ’ in our stomachs , then what physically enters the eye comes to have an importance not only for understanding the physical mechanism of visual perception , but also for understand the concept of visual perception . |
2 | Mungo felt like patting him on the back to show him that they sympathized , but the moment passed , and anyway Mr Zamoyski might not have understood . |
3 | Wycliffe felt like patting him on the head , but he thanked him and saw him off with his samples , then he went back to his little office and sat staring at the wall . |
4 | Talking to him is always like meeting him for the first time — he never comes out with the same old stuff and you can look forward to an interesting conversation . |
5 | When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight . |
6 | The other day , in America , the driver of my car said : ‘ I do n't know how you can leave her , ’ and I felt like smacking him in the face . |
7 | She felt like throwing it across the room but managed to control herself . |
8 | I felt like hitting him on the back of the head with a rock . |