Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [verb] [pron] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I say it like that I 'm struck by how near that is to Pope 's ‘ What e'er was thought / But ne'er so well expressed ’ definition of poetry . |
| 2 | ‘ When you get something like this you always get souvenir hunters but the ship itself is the property of the Receiver of Wreck and it is theft to take anything from it . |
| 3 | ‘ When you get it like that , it 's definitely a fluke , because usually it 's laborious . ’ |
| 4 | And that ties up When you get it like this a tenth of the speed . |
| 5 | When you know something like that , you have absorbed it so deeply into your consciousness that it is never likely to be displaced , except perhaps by brain-washing or frontal lobotomy . |
| 6 | When you catch something like this , the first thing you do is give in to it . |
| 7 | Ruins it does n't it , a cartoon when you , when you analyse it like that I think . |
| 8 | Well I s yeah I suppose I , I suppose I would when you put it like that , yes . |
| 9 | ‘ It sounds pretty cold-hearted when you put it like that , but I love that little girl . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , when you put it like that — it might be rather pleasant . ’ |
| 11 | Well when you said something like that , it 's not just one person who 's gon na have a look is there ? |
| 12 | He is evil when you say it like that . |
| 13 | when you say it like this . |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't stand it when you touch me like that . |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't bear it when you touch me like that ! ’ |
| 16 | It is a made to a British standard which you can tell when you buy anything like that by the kite mark on the side . |
| 17 | When you love someone like that you want to say goodbye . ’ |
| 18 | because it is becoming increasingly difficult to be nice to the Conservatives particularly when you produce something like this |
| 19 | He looked at her with new respect , the way they always did when she said something like that . |
| 20 | ‘ I was a bit overwhelmed when she kissed me like that because we 'd never met before and it was in public . |
| 21 | If only she could understand the excruciating pain her boys are suffering when she treats them like this , and realise that they will carry that pain for the rest of their lives . |
| 22 | So , when he treated me like this , I laughed aloud . |