Example sentences of "[coord] like [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I 'm stopping in with our kid , you know , and you could n't impose on , on so er if there was fisticuffs , fights , falling out , I 'll fetch our kid , I 'll fetch our wench , I mean there we you used to , honestly and truthfully , you , you used to feel it , you know erm because when there was any trouble , problems or like that there was always somebody to share it well it had the advantages in some ways , perhaps you was er had a little bit more luxuries than the f bigger family , but i in my mind that did n't make up for the companionship of brothers and sisters , no b b b b that , that 's w how I put it anyway . |
| 2 | the the deputies had prepared er they 'd er there 'd be a stall say erm n n nineties or like that might be , and the order for them would probably be , Twelve four foot props , and twelve bars , you see ? |
| 3 | for two eights or like that for four that way , so . |
| 4 | Do they like not like it with nuts in or like that ? |
| 5 | I 'm not saying that they should n't make a mess or like that |
| 6 | Or like that when they |
| 7 | The girls bringing in the parcel could dress up like the bridegroom-to-be , taking his work or hobby as the theme , or like any male characters such as footballers , policemen or policewomen wearing sunglasses , gorillas with cigars , city gents in bowler hats , or a spoof pop group of boys in short trousers and caps singing , ‘ Will you still need me when I 'm sixty-four ? ’ . |
| 8 | A child screaming is expressing itself , or like those artists who daub things in the West — they say they are expressing themselves . ’ |
| 9 | It could have it like those , like those , like those , or like those So that would be one deck of cards that you 'd be given and they 'd have the four types of symbols on them , separately of course . |
| 10 | ‘ Or like this … ? ’ , doing the same to the other , at which point she fled in tears . ’ |
| 11 | How long did it take to make erm pieces or like this tale , how long would it take to do ? |
| 12 | Men not in Botha 's mould , nor like some of the bangers I saw in some up-country games . |
| 13 | In this respect they are alike , and like all other works of art . |
| 14 | And like all popular American programmes , British audiences are not being spared the export version : in the new year the Guinness trial begins . |
| 15 | And like all of the other investors , he and his wife were in a quandry . |
| 16 | By the time he called it a day , he had played in 60 Tests and taken 249 wickets at 23 , and like all of his fast-bowling colleagues had benefited from being one of a quartet as he could operate in short spells and rest more often . |
| 17 | And like all losers , the very name NIREX became synonymous with bad news , the unwelcome intruder , the butt of endless jokes . |
| 18 | It was a very expensive sty and like all the other pigs in the street we were very heavily mortgaged — ’ |
| 19 | If they were really brother and sister , they were a strange pair , but that was nobody 's business but their own , and like all the other members of the company , Noreen just let them get on with it . |
| 20 | Jenny found it very painful to recall the detail of her own dreadful childhood , and like all the others mentioned , her real name has not been revealed . |
| 21 | This mystical sensation can be induced almost at will with practice ; and like all things , with repetition , the feeling comes more quickly and easily . |
| 22 | It belongs to the family Cyprinidae and like all species of this type of fish it is equipped with pharyngeal or throat teeth , and has no adipose fin . |
| 23 | The further the animal 's centre of gravity is off the ground , the more work is demanded of the muscles around the joints and girdles , and like all metabolic activity this must release heat . |
| 24 | Chapter 9 , ‘ Living Language ’ , points out that this aural memory-bank of speech and language continues to grow , and like all growing things it needs nourishing . |
| 25 | ‘ Nick , they are richer than your wettest dreams , and like all the very rich they think they are above the law . ’ |
| 26 | And like all great stars , he has n't aged a day in all those years . |
| 27 | And like all gifts , it should not be unwrapped before.its time , so do n't unwrap your gift , or allow anyone else to unwrap your gift , or else God might , in His wisdom , come down and take it away again . ’ |
| 28 | That 's the title of this lecture : ‘ The History of the Product ’ , and like all good modern lectures — intended simply to garnish knowledge rather than impart it — this one uses visual aids . ’ |
| 29 | Recently both monthly and weekly paid staff have switched to Videpay ( the new payroll system ) and like all new systems there have been a few teething problems . |
| 30 | Equally , however , they embody and express distinct cultural orientations , and like all ‘ common locations in the social and historical process ’ they have to be seen also in the context of cultural movements . |