Example sentences of "like going [prep] the " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was a bit like going to the Rijksmuseum to see the original Rembrandts and being shown postcards instead . |
| 4 | ‘ Buying travel is a bit like going to the hairdresser , ’ says manager Christine Power . |
| 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 was his job — like going to the office . |
| 7 | It is n't like going to the lavatory . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a bit like going to the lavatory ! ’ said Henry . |
| 9 | For him , looking at X-rays is like going to the theatre or watching a good film . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | Finding out things in my line of business is n't like going to the bloody public library . |
| 13 | ‘ Like going to the pictures , is n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | We did other things like going to the theatre and doing improvisation . |
| 15 | It was like going to the Holy Land , or being the Knights of the Round Table , Sir Perceval I think it was , and your dad suddenly said he was going to take you to see the Holy Grail . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | So that they can be turned onto the track like going to the goods show . |
| 18 | But there was no bottom : it was like going through the Star Gate , with whole galaxies reeling by me . |
| 19 | ‘ The interesting thing about prison is that it 's a bit like going through the Blitz during the war , ’ she says . |
| 20 | Going into the light is not like going into the street . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's like going into the scent counter at Harrods , ’ I said . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 |