Example sentences of "[vb pp] anything like [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She certainly had n't expected anything like this when she had got up this morning . |
| 2 | People do n't get fined anything like that for mugging an old lady . ’ |
| 3 | Never having designed anything like this before Cusick privately held many worries about the cost and ease of manufacturing these props . |
| 4 | I 'd never done anything like that before . |
| 5 | I had never done anything like that in my life , but I found that having to do it was in the end very exciting because you have to rely on the Lord and he supplies help in unforgettable ways . |
| 6 | ‘ No one has ever done anything like that for me . ’ |
| 7 | In fact it was quite by chance that I attended a drawing lesson at CRA , not having done anything like that since failing my O-level art miserably many years ago . |
| 8 | I 'd never done anything like that before . |
| 9 | I 've never done anything like that before . ’ |
| 10 | Miss Barrett , having waited for her , said , ‘ Has Ruth ’ ever done anything like that at home ? ’ |
| 11 | Too much bloody worry , I mean we 've never done anything like that anyway . |
| 12 | he was was so pleased with the way the way it worked out he had never every done anything like that before |
| 13 | Nor was it that reforms already undertaken by Russia 's post-communist government , if only supported with a pile of hard currency , will deliver a lasting rise in living standards — because Russia has not yet done anything like enough . |
| 14 | The Bill was brought forward in response to the outcry from consumers and the industry about the way that , over the years , they have been ripped off by the privatised utilities and the fact that , while the regulators have made a contribution — no one would deny that — they have not done anything like enough and do not have the necessary power or resources to advance consumer interests and issues . |
| 15 | On that occasion he said : ‘ This is the first time I have done anything like this , but I do n't apologise for it . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's very exciting — nobody 's ever done anything like this before . |
| 17 | Richard had never done anything like this , nor would he : even if he had been unfaithful to me — though as far as I knew , he never had — he would never humiliate me publicly . |
| 18 | He certainly had n't done anything like this in ages . |
| 19 | never in my life had I done anything like this before . |
| 20 | ‘ Even though you 've never done anything like this before ? |
| 21 | She had never done anything like this before , but she was n't lacking in courage . |
| 22 | Neither of them had done anything like this before . |
| 23 | Ihave three sons and I would know , and if they 'd done anything like this I would dislike them , and even hate them |
| 24 | ever done anything like this before ? |
| 25 | Neither of them had said anything like that to the other for years . |
| 26 | Nobody had said anything like this to Kit all day . |
| 27 | They were both just records to me , so I 've never felt anything like that . ’ |
| 28 | I 've never felt anything like that . |
| 29 | He had never felt anything like this — he was a lay figure , a lump of synthetic wax beside this man who had the humanity to cry . |
| 30 | So whether we 've but nobody else seems to have noticed anything like this . |