Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be very comfortable , but they 'd be surprised to see me like that at the Queen Elizabeth Hall . ’ |
| 2 | He thought to himself ‘ I do n't want him to see me like this ’ . |
| 3 | I try to treat them like anyone else . |
| 4 | They had heard how hospitals messed people about with all that unnecessary waiting and medical jargon , and if anyone tried to treat them like illiterate peasants there 'd be a letter in the post to some M.P . |
| 5 | These were slow to develop , and the realisation of this made it difficult ( even had they wished to do so ) for Ministers to treat them like private sector companies , subject largely to control by fiscal and monetary policies rather than detailed intervention on capital spending . |
| 6 | The subjection of seamen to Marine Boards in the north-east , where crimping was less in evidence than in London or Liverpool , was to treat them like " a parcel of Mexican slaves " . |
| 7 | When I did find her , she always managed to evade me like a will-o'-the-wisp , and then I would lose her again . |
| 8 | She said thoughtfully , ‘ I suppose I 'm just gullible , allowing a man 's sheer showmanship to affect me like that . ’ |
| 9 | But I will not be ordered this way and that , she said , I will do the work in my own time , as I choose , for my sister has no right to treat me like a maid , to give orders and expect me to run her errands . |
| 10 | ‘ My mother used to treat me like a stranger , ’ he reflected . |
| 11 | ‘ Apart from an occasional tendency to treat me like the ayah she had in India as a child , she 's the perfect landlady . ’ |
| 12 | That still does n't give you the right to treat me like a child , ’ Robyn persisted . |
| 13 | For years I allowed him to treat me like dirt . |
| 14 | Still , she thought as she closed the door of the trophy-room , it does n't give him the right to treat me like — She bit off the dreadful word that sprang to mind . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not a child , you know , although you seem to treat me like one . |
| 16 | I want to be taken seriously , which makes it galling that when I 've got a brain , certain types of men try to treat me like some empty-headed bimbo who … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Are you going to treat me like this for the next ten years ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ She wo n't want to see someone like you . |
| 19 | It 's just that I ca n't bear to see someone like you , Ruth , made miserable so worthlessly , and until you get some feeling of respect for yourself you 're never going to snap out of it , and you 'll go on being used as a doormat . |
| 20 | ‘ All that stuff just kinda blends into blues , but it is real hard to compare someone like Blind Lemon Jefferson to Albert Collins . |
| 21 | Atkinson said : ‘ It 's a blow to lose someone like Shaun , who has been so impressive for us . ’ |
| 22 | Just does n't know how to treat someone like Mister Johnny . |
| 23 | But if we try to abstract , as far as possible , from the local value of the impressions which affect different parts of our skins , we seem to find nothing like a really qualitative difference in the sensations . ’ |
| 24 | I want music to frighten me like T Rex or Johnny Rotten : I 'll be waiting a long time for that in Dublin . ’ |
| 25 | He 's bit and bridle , ball and chain , a rope to tether me like any other animal . ’ |
| 26 | It was a funny feeling to meet someone like that and feel that way . |
| 27 | In my opinion the qualities mentioned are sadly lacking today and it is very refreshing to meet somebody like John who is so conscientious . |
| 28 | You know I mean I 'll have to find something like a |
| 29 | Many a Harvard dealer has needed to haggle with one of the market-makers in the adjoining room , in order to obtain something like a fair deal for his client . |
| 30 | The author in her own voice would have had to write something like ‘ the next day ’ : |