Example sentences of "people like [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it 's not it 's your , quinine is used for people like diarrhoea pe and people that have to take attacks and that , you know , how my mum takes ? |
| 2 | Obvious victims were people like Fang Lizhi , who was dismissed from his post as vice-president of the Science and Technology University in Hefei , on 12 January . |
| 3 | Many people like green . |
| 4 | A lot of the people I work with initially have no sense of value of themselves at all , and therefore they sometimes treat other people like shit . |
| 5 | You know , see tax people , people like government ! |
| 6 | Then there 's people like Lightnin' Hopkins and T-Bone Walker ; there 's a lot of difference in the Texas musicians . |
| 7 | And then he fucked off and left me and he did n't give me I di this , it really pisses me off the way that people like leave before you get round to taping the tapes that you liked , do you know what I mean ? |
| 8 | The police are also urging people who keep money at home to have it banked for safety — they want to make sure that people like phylis do n't lose cash that took years to save in just a few short seconds . |
| 9 | We are always looking for the revolutions in music , people like Prince or Jimi Hendrix . |
| 10 | ‘ Competition will come from people like Virgin Games and Games Limited . |
| 11 | People like EMF and Jesus Jones have had a go , but they 've always gone more for the rock aspect , with the technology just tagged on as an afterthought . |
| 12 | Yes , people like G.P. , for all his faults . |
| 13 | Some people like sex more than others — |
| 14 | People like gardening . |
| 15 | People like Dad did n't struggle to make money and to live in a smart district of Leeds , in order to have a daughter living a dangerous , flashy , immoral life . |
| 16 | Er I mean some people like reggae music , some people like body popping and things like this , there 's all different taste . |
| 17 | They know that other unhappy things can happen to people like road accidents or other illnesses . |
| 18 | You said about the buyer 's guide that it 's , that you were a representative of Friends Provident , you 're an employee and it 's very very important to stress that because people like Abbey National were appointed representatives but we are employees and that 's one of the things , that 's one of the good things you can get out of the buyer 's guide . |
| 19 | ‘ A damned disgrace and no help to people like me' |
| 20 | ‘ Some people like tripe , you know , ’ said Amiss wonderingly . |
| 21 | I do n't mean , I mean just big , it 's er because people like talk about Kath , big Kath do n't they ? |
| 22 | I was only going to agree with you actually , and I was just going to back-up what Michael said , and say that obviously we 've got people like Amnesty International , and I know it 's a very hard-working local branch , but obviously , the money it 's raised is going to benefit people overseas . |
| 23 | Whatever people like Page may have felt or thought they felt about the Vietnam war , it is difficult not to regard them as much its victims as its predators . |
| 24 | Er I mean some people like reggae music , some people like body popping and things like this , there 's all different taste . |
| 25 | ‘ People like mystery , ’ he used to say . |
| 26 | This includes people like tea ladies and receptionists . |
| 27 | We believe that it would be more sensible if a proportion of the compensation would be met by people like pension fund managers if for no other reason that it would encourage them to er keep their own house in order erm and you know it 's not a bad er principle to operate in these areas . |
| 28 | People like daddy have to hold the ring , they 're a sort of bedrock , to make sure there 's always some civilisation to fall back on . |
| 29 | Most of non-statutory work is giving advice to people like control , and others , which may not be purely statutory in the sense that is , but the major difference is there 's a time when it 's imposed on when we have to do it . |
| 30 | By moving out wide , Deane invariably takes out a tall defender — which presumably leaves more space for people like Speed to move into . |