Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | And would n't it have been nice to catch a fish like that on the appropriate tackle for the species ? |
| 2 | And Bassett , indignant that Wednesday manager Trevor Francis had appealed before the match for good behaviour by both sides , said : ‘ I wonder what would have happened if one of my players had committed a foul like that . ’ |
| 3 | Do you need a day like this specifically to raise funds . |
| 4 | Out from them conquerors in their turn have gone to found a legend like the Welsh Madoc , an empire like the men of Devon . |
| 5 | Banking is becoming a business like any other — except , as a rule , less well-managed . |
| 6 | Does my right hon. Friend know that I gave up the opportunity of becoming a solicitor like the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) because accountants put the losses on the right and the profits on the left ? |
| 7 | She could n't be completely spurious ; no-one could act a part like that . |
| 8 | Gay , she knew , must be desperate to write a letter like that , for never before had she lowered her flag to such an extent . |
| 9 | Any man can be unfaithful , but it takes special circumstances to write a letter like that . ’ |
| 10 | Only rarely did its opponents win a victory like that of George Norris , the progressive Republican Senator who successfully opposed government plans to sell off dams and nitrogen-processing plants at Muscle Shoals in the Tennessee Valley . |
| 11 | Born to boss the lower orders ; you do n't buy a bray like that off the peg at Marks and Spencer 's . |
| 12 | Oh I would n't buy a car like that , no |
| 13 | Dad , who in the world would buy a set like that made of really nice pine wood , that low ? |
| 14 | You probably would n't even recognise a moment like that today if it happened , now they 've turned us into football TV junkies with all this coverage . ’ |
| 15 | he gets sixty-three years , you know , I mean what 's the use of keeping a bugger like that for sixty-three years , it 's bloody ridiculous , in n it ? |
| 16 | ‘ Harry he was not expecting to meet a superman like you . |
| 17 | ‘ I would have given a fortune to touch your hand , ’ cried Boldwood wildly , ‘ but you have let a man like that — kiss you ! |
| 18 | Old Rudolf being smart enough to pull a trick like that ! |
| 19 | The situation seems to be that those who want a car like J7 HPC will pay , within reason , what it takes to get a good one from a source they can trust . |
| 20 | erm wants a minibus like his boy was in some sort of football team and they need a b need a bim need a minibus . |
| 21 | But , I can hear that bang now , you never forget a noise like that ! |
| 22 | Although it looked quite smart and had a wonderful aroma of apples and pears , there were very few bubbles and it tasted a bit like dry cider or sparkling apple juice . |
| 23 | A wonderful pale gold colour we felt it tasted a bit like a dry sherry . |
| 24 | And I think you find it goes beyond drama school , in say a company like the RSC , where we have the top person in voice but do not have the equal in physical advice and guidance . |
| 25 | Now , if you contrast that with the protectionist case , we say , virtually in the whole of western Europe , Japan , erm , to a lesser extent America , but the main consuming areas for say a commodity like wheat right , they 're all self sufficient . |
| 26 | ‘ I can imagine you could stand up in court and say a thing like that without blinking an eye , ’ he said as if the thought astonished him . |
| 27 | Oh you ca n't trust a special like an old time copper when you ca n't find your way home . |
| 28 | Ca n't trust a copper like an old time special when you ca n't find your way |
| 29 | ‘ What I 've run out of are words that would describe a man like you without — without blistering the paint on these walls ! ’ |
| 30 | Legend is an overworked term in jazz : it can describe a figure like Eubie Blake , who died at 100 after a lifetime 's achievement , or those who died young , their promise unfulfilled , like everyone from Jimmy Blanton to Charlie Parker . |