Example sentences of "like [det] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost all the harrowing experiences of indecision that can arise almost daily for conscientious parents , are like that for no other reason than that they , the parents , have not themselves been trained in the light of a reliable and respected source of guidance . |
| 2 | so you felt that and that pulse point there if you press on it hard enough you can actually stop the one in the wrist and of course that is controlling the flow of blood to the rest of the arm and you leave a pressure point closed off like that for no more than ten minutes , because if you left it on for too long that it means not sufficient blood 's getting to the rest of the , the limbs and the limb must have its blood supply , so you leave the pressure on for ten minutes and then release it , say for ten seconds just so say that the hand comes back pinkish again and if it 's not slowing down , back on with the pressure again for another ten minutes and that 's how you use it , tap off , ten minutes at the most , tap on for a little while , if it 's leaked again reapply , ten minutes at the most , tap on again , okay and that 's how you 'll control it , so if you do have a sit a situation where the bleeding was bad cos you 've got a , a limb severed , you could n't perhaps put sufficient direct pressure over that limb , this done , right , to control the bleeding then you could use indirect pressure , here , breaking or here , right in the , no playing now please , no trying to find this one right now , do this one tonight , in bed and the old lady said now what are you doing to me , never you mind , go to sleep |
| 3 | ‘ He 's not been like that for a long time . ’ |
| 4 | I try walking like that for a bit . |
| 5 | She would remain like that for a while , lost in her own little world , completely unaware of his presence . |
| 6 | They lay like that for a while , not saying a word . |
| 7 | They stayed like that for a long moment and then he said , ‘ Light the candle . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You should be able to stand like that for a week before the nerve implants get tired . |
| 9 | ‘ The finger got stuck inside his nose , ’ Matilda said , ‘ and he had to go around like that for a week . |
| 10 | If a grown-up really wants to find out what it is like to live in a young person 's world , let him or her get down on hands and knees and go about like that for a week . |
| 11 | In practice , iteration in this case behaves rather like that for a defective matrix ( 2.7.5 ) , in that convergence is slow and successive columns tend to a quasi-arithmetic progression of the elements . |
| 12 | And I have not , and I would n't want to unless she was in such a condition , can you manage to sit there like that for a moment while I 'll manage to go and get a pad ? |
| 13 | The anti-Asiatic campaign was formally terminated , like that for a conciliation board , by the outbreak of the war . |
| 14 | Charlotte and I sat like that for a long time , remembering . |
| 15 | Each record is examined in turn , and its descriptors are compared with those of the search request ( which might be like that for a graduate engineer with other attributes shown above ) . |
| 16 | He remained like that for a few seconds longer , while they tied his wrists to a pair of iron rings bolted into the wall , and then they let him go and left him dangling there — half in , half out of the river . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't want another experience like that for a while , I can promise you ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Would n't it be better to love like that for a little while than never to know what it is like ? ’ she asked herself silently . |
| 19 | They stayed like that for a long time , sometimes moving , sometimes still , the hardness of him and the warmth and softness of her blended into one . |
| 20 | He pulled me to my feet , and flung his arms around me and squeezed me as if he wanted to gather me right into himself , never let me go , and we stayed like that for a long time , not speaking , rocking to and fro . |
| 21 | They lay like that for a long time . |
| 22 | ‘ Never can tell with these quiet , donnish chappies … and having a homely little body like that for a wife … |
| 23 | ‘ Leave it like that for a day or two . ’ |
| 24 | He sat like that for a long time . |
| 25 | He had talked like that for a long time now . |
| 26 | They stood like that for a moment , neither of them moving . |
| 27 | They stayed like that for a few seconds , both breathing hard , their mouths almost touching . |
| 28 | Then , after going on like that for a few minutes he took my hand and said , ‘ Faith you were absolutely rubbish ! ’ with that famous dead-pan expression . |
| 29 | Well I do n't mind owt like that for a good cause June . |
| 30 | you ai n't blushed like that for a long while have you ? , yeah , that will be a holiday , watch your camp bed do n't fold up love |