Example sentences of "like [pron] [vb base] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local negotiators like me take a lot of stick and I 'm just gon na pass that stick straight on to you , because my members tell me all the time , I pay one thirty five a week , well so do I . |
| 2 | They took a double blanket … rolled him in it like you roll a papoose on a cradle board … put where there were mules , not in soldier tent . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Women like you have a way with words that tends to blur the truth . |
| 4 | A footman came in and said : ‘ You look like you need a drink , mate . ’ |
| 5 | We watch him like you watch a dog crapping on the pavement . |
| 6 | There was n't any reason why he 'd want her out of the way , but when you get to be big in his business , the only exit is usually from a prone position , and guys like him develop a tendency to think the same way about people playing the smaller parts . |
| 7 | But I suppose even tiny creatures like him have a hole in the ground that they call a home . |
| 8 | Actors like him have a system of playing through something , and , between us , I could tell that he was n't finding that something . |