Example sentences of "like [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prices like that up in the Ipswich area . |
| 2 | What a queer thing , Uncle Walter phoning like that out of the blue , ’ she said , taking off her coat . |
| 3 | And then what would we do with so that 's the first pizza that 's dealt with and they got a piece like that out of the first one . |
| 4 | How would you like to be an innocent old woman quietly doing your knitting , and then get a letter like that out of the blue ? ’ |
| 5 | Does it feel like that down on the field , do you really start to feel frustrated ? |
| 6 | It was n't like that down in the boiler room . |
| 7 | What happen was we was standing this jeweller 's , well really we 'd been there , she half the stuff for me and er other people and that , but erm , were standing there for ages , and she come , I 'm , I 'm sort of standing there like this up against the counter waiting to be served , suppose to be coming back right , stood right on the foot , it hurt , but I thought ok it 's a busy shop he wo n't so I 'd turned around , sort of he was there , so I sort of went to him like that and he was looked at me and fucking looked back , so I said are you gon na apologise then , getting right fucking pissed off cos I about three o'clock that day , hang over and being dragged up and down the town all fucking day ai n't my idea of fun you know , ri right in a bad mood anyway , and he said no in a real fucking why do n't you try and make me sort of attitude , so I 'm just about to fucking say something to me , like , how out the shop and everything , and she said what 's the fuck , what 's the matter with you then ? |
| 8 | Perhaps the most controversial aspect of care in the community comes when people like this along with the mentally ill are given the chance to live in group homes . |