Example sentences of "like [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was like phoning from the middle of a public toilet . ’ |
| 2 | Only once had he returned after they all left and that had been bad enough , like a dream — no , like stepping into the set and scenario of some frightening film , a Hitchcock movie perhaps . |
| 3 | It was like stepping from the main street into a cobbled alley 's curiosity shop — that shock of surprise to discover again what an intricate and peculiar organ the imagination is , what extravagant uses it has found for time . |
| 4 | It was to be known whether the mines " are like to continue as they have been , & whether the Oare is like to continue at the same rate it hath been at , and whether it be of the same goodness as it hath been . " |
| 5 | She tried to imagine what it would be like to sink to the sea bed and stay there , calmly , with only a steel hull between a man and the enormous , pressing waters . |
| 6 | One advantage of the no-choice system is that Vaughan can write her menu late in the afternoon , around the dishes that she feels like cooking on the day , with the best ingredients available to her . |
| 7 | Then at the bottom of that big drop , it was like crashing through the seat into the ground . |
| 8 | Ronni felt like weeping with the desire that flowed through her . |
| 9 | It would be like knitting in the middle of a giant car park . |
| 10 | Marjorie had opened the long sash windows and pushed the table near them , so that it was almost like eating in the garden . |
| 11 | In a moment of weary despair , he turns to a colleague and says , ‘ It 's like pissing into the wind ! ’ |
| 12 | If there is a professional programmer out there who feels like collaborating on the challenge , I should like to hear from him or her . |
| 13 | " Too much like fraternising with the enemy ? " |
| 14 | For Ryedale York tomorrow it will be like walking into the lions ' den . |
| 15 | Doing stupid things like walking round the tables and counting all the time and things like that . ’ |
| 16 | Well that 's it , if you do n't feel like walking round the town tomorrow . |
| 17 | ESBCD 187 ) is a 32-track , three-CD set that includes songs like Messin' With The Kid , Tattoo 'd Lady , Bull Frog Blues , Calling Card , Shadow Play , Shin Kickers , Hoodoo Blues and many more … |
| 18 | Now one commentator I believe it was the the foreman mason involved in the building of Skerrymor described the landing on the rock as being like climbing up the side of a bottle . |
| 19 | This practical load continues with issues like disposing of the clothes of the person who has died . |
| 20 | But it 's very very safe provided you keep in within the sort of dosage Like driving on the motorway . |
| 21 | It was like wandering in the lair of giant ants — or something . |
| 22 | When I look at a natural object for a long time , like looking into the burning embers and the flames of a fire , there appears a new vision or facet of that object or a new way of seeing it in relationship to some other world of thought . |
| 23 | It was like looking into the eyes of a lion . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's like looking through the wrong end of a telescope . ’ |
| 25 | It is like looking at the menu in a French restaurant . |
| 26 | We look at the face and , like looking at the Cheshire Cat , we see nothing beyond the smile ! |
| 27 | Looking down one of the Avenues is like looking at the inversion of a sunset . |
| 28 | If you know how to read the ocean , it is like looking at the stars : you can see what is happening not only far away but also long ago . |
| 29 | But looking into the future , well , that 's like looking for the bottom of the river , is n't it ? |
| 30 | ‘ It 's like looking down the side of a mountain , ’ she said . |