Example sentences of "like [det] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking back on it , I should have used the amp like that for some of the other songs too , because it really worked … |
| 2 | Butler insists that a particular passion , like that for some particular food , say an apple pie , is not directed at self at all , but at some external object , such as the pie . |
| 3 | Well , maybe it 's like that for some people , but not me . |
| 4 | There were only workhouses and like that for some of them . |
| 5 | He was lying down now and his face shone palely out of the gloom of the lower bunk like that of some animal in its hole . |
| 6 | But whatever difficulties attach to Bentham 's particular position , an ethical outlook which , like that of some more recent utilitarians , is not associated with some theory of human motivation is also somewhat unsatisfactory . |
| 7 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 8 | But you do have to put figures like that in some kind of perspective . |
| 9 | He travelled like this for some distance , meeting no other traffic . |
| 10 | Secondly , if she 's likely to … be like this for some time , that the Lord Whatsit is the best nursing home available . ’ |
| 11 | They lay half entwined like this for some time , occasionally exchanging kisses . |
| 12 | I also understand that one of the street lights in Lower Dolphinholme is burning continuously and has been like this for some time . |
| 13 | You might expect to find a house like this in some refined seaside resort such as Budleigh Salterton or Sidmouth , where , owing to the wars and consequent lack of foreign travel , the nobility and even a Royal or two were building elaborate holiday houses . |
| 14 | Now , your diary may reveal a picture like this in some respects , or your eating habits may be totally different . |
| 15 | The photogenic horns are similar to those of some of the White Park herds , though generally longer in proportion to the animal 's size , and also like those of some of the Spanish and criollo breeds . |
| 16 | Like those of some insects , a spider 's ears detect the movement of air caused by a sound rather than the pressure waves . |