Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | A visitor to Mohenjo Daro , one of the Indus Valley sites , will be left with the impression that this city with all it contained had either in record time surpassed all other human generations in inventiveness , or that like the Aryans they were immigrants bringing with them centuries of cultural inheritance . |
| 2 | He could sense that she had travelled far as a vagrant and had seen much and that like him she was in some way returning home . |
| 3 | I believe it 's actually a better publication than the Munros book , and if like me , you 've just finished the Munros , or are just about to ‘ compleat ’ , then this new book will have your mouth watering for the new challenge ahead . |
| 4 | Yeah , well like please do take this seriously because it 's , it 's quite important as regards to insurance and having As Vanbrugh proved last weekend , y we can do a good job with your stuff put together , and if like someone got fried , then you may end up in trouble . |
| 5 | Well how do you change that attitude because , I mean it is , it , it , people for whatever reason are are drawn to , to admire and and like people who look conventionally attractive ? |
| 6 | The application does nothing to retain the existing trees on the site , it was a , it is , a mature garden with some mature trees , and all those trees are to be removed , it certainly does n't do anything to retain the rural character of the na of the village , and certainly does n't enhance the character of the adjoining small er rural cottages , i in fact it would be , it could be argued that it damages the rural environment , because the development is such that it is more suited for an urban development , almost a city centre , because the comment has been made that there is only about a metre between the dwellings and indeed there is only a metre between the dwellings and the adjoining boundaries , surely there is a need for screening , it is in a in a very very prominent position , it can be seen clearly as you enter the village from the Farnsfield area , the present proposal does n't provide sufficient room for screening , and and like the screen which is adjacent to this building , which are set well back from the road , and provide an opportunity for screening the single access to the site and the fact that the frontage to these two properties is completely taken up with garaging and with vehicle access does n't even provide an opportunity to screen . |
| 7 | And and like the dry store , erm , with all , it 's got like the rice in it , the custard in it , all those sorts of things , I mean , you know , he might order that stuff once a week , rather than having it come in three days a week . |