Example sentences of "like go [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was supposed to be like going Over the Top , but it felt more like a gang of reluctant schoolboys setting out on a cross-country run with only the prospect of a quick smoke round the back of the bike sheds to sustain them .
2 ‘ Buying travel is a bit like going to the hairdresser , ’ says manager Christine Power .
3 For him , looking at X-rays is like going to the theatre or watching a good film .
4 We did other things like going to the theatre and doing improvisation .
5 It 's as if his actual presence were some kind of inconvenience , like going to the toilet , as if his body were a mere nuisance .
6 It comes as no surprise to find a tabloid newspaper defining women by reference to their sexual behaviour and presenting sex as a sort of urgent male need , a bit like going to the toilet .
7 Dennis Waterman felt like going to the canteen so we took him down , got all the food to the check-out , and then discovered that nobody had any money !
8 Keeping up contacts like going to the post office to collect their pension , going to the library , attending community centres and things of that sort . ’
9 It was his job — like going to the office .
10 It is n't like going to the lavatory . ’
11 ‘ It 's a bit like going to the lavatory ! ’ said Henry .
12 Sometimes she wants to do things on her own , but most times we do things together — you know , like going to the swimming baths or going shopping and stuff like that .
13 But there was no bottom : it was like going through the Star Gate , with whole galaxies reeling by me .
14 ‘ The interesting thing about prison is that it 's a bit like going through the Blitz during the war , ’ she says .
15 Going into the light is not like going into the street .
16 ‘ It 's like going into the scent counter at Harrods , ’ I said .
17 ‘ Money buys you certain things , but it ca n't buy you the simple pleasures in life like going around the corner into a bar and having a drink , ’ he says
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