Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , I have much to be getting on with and would appreciate your not following me about and interrupting me like this . |
| 2 | She 's your daughter She said there 's no need to up and say it like that . |
| 3 | He rather hoped his wife would wake and catch him like this , unshaven , hair greasy and uncombed , and as he stood beside the bed he farted quite loudly , as if to remind her that she deserved someone as awful as him . |
| 4 | You used to get two shears underneath your arm like that , and they used to drop them down like that , across your knees and top them like that , see ? |
| 5 | To overcome the delay , the robot 's software ’ dreams ’ approximate solution pairs ( I' , J' ) and uses them like observed entries . |
| 6 | ‘ You should be ashamed of yourself , ’ she said to Pooley , ‘ aiding and abetting him like this . |
| 7 | He placed a small amount of the substance in his hand and one by one the worshippers knelt down and licked it like hungry animals . |
| 8 | They were in , aha , yeah , they were in bed , right , and this , look , in bed , listen to this , sound asleep it 's on the radio and news , they 're asleep in bed with two girls and the boys , the boy was in bed fast asleep and somebody come and touched him like that and when she woke up it was this , this the lad |
| 9 | When I very deliberately try and remember it like this I know I end up remembering it and describing it being like a bar scene in a musical , where everyone that the camera pans past is a very definite character , and they 're all so eager when the camera is on them , clapping and laughing and tapping their feet to the music so convincingly . |
| 10 | And we used to have what they call er a stick and goos it used to I remember we used to have sti what you call stick and goos It was like a great long thing like that and you used to have a stick and it used to be on the floor and you just tap it and and hit it like that and it goes |
| 11 | They had such nice manners and treated me like one of their own , so I reckon I was one of the lucky ones . |
| 12 | Just when we were expecting him home — to phone and tell her like that . |
| 13 | Oh , why did you come and disturb me like this ! ’ |
| 14 | Drachenfels moved among them , laughing as he squeezed heads in his hands and shattered them like rotted fruits . |
| 15 | ‘ Kevin Vose was 130th in the national and to beat him like that is a dream for me . |
| 16 | And he puts , he puts his arm round him and he goes like , he 's got his arm round him and squeezing him like that . |
| 17 | And wrote it like that and published it like that . |
| 18 | erm , and take it like that . |
| 19 | She was going to murder Margaret tomorrow , going off with Dennis and leaving them like that . |
| 20 | Well we can start off with the top one hundred companies and allocate them like that if you want , if it makes things easier rather |
| 21 | And wrote it like that and published it like that . |
| 22 | and stretching it like that . |
| 23 | How dare you break into my house and assault me like this ? ’ |