Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [indef pn] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Atkinson said : ‘ It 's a blow to lose someone like Shaun , who has been so impressive for us . ’ |
| 2 | But she could do nothing , while Sylvie 's presence drew everyone like a charm . |
| 3 | A kitchen needs something like 10 to 15 changes of air an hour when it is in use , which means , for example , that for a 3m × 2.5m kitchen an extractor fan with a capacity of around 250cu m/hr is needed . |
| 4 | The rest of Pincher 's Oxford ring looks something like this . |
| 5 | That baggage you 've just taken on to help in the bedroom wears one like that and ties her apron right up under her breasts till they nearly pop out , beggin' your pardon , Mr Timothy . |
| 6 | Does n't the term suggest something like ‘ mental pictures ’ ? |
| 7 | it 's actually good practice having somebody like Martin then |
| 8 | Like millions of Americans I was watching the debate on television and , like millions of Americans , I leapt out of my seat yelling something like : ‘ I ca n't believe he said that … |
| 9 | I I 've always assumed that that meant that it would be such a tremendous lever for the enemy to hold someone like that . |
| 10 | By way of example , the highlights of the 1989 train itinerary looked something like this : |
| 11 | But Coun Jones said : ‘ The council must be out of its mind sanctioning something like this . |
| 12 | So how has this suburban paradise spawned something like Throwing Muses ? |
| 13 | but the ending goes something like this . |
| 14 | The plot goes something like this : Bowser ( an evil character ) has captured Mario and has got his evil Koopas ( looking just a bit like the Teenage Mutant Nija Turtles ) to steal parts of famous monuments from around the world . |
| 15 | were almost erm okay just like that , I mean there were one or two very good ones , I think there was one that was just about like that with the odd word and when an editor receives something like you , you know , it 's usually going to be something he wants to change very slightly , erm that , those were the best ones , there were in general however you have n't yet got used to the idea of editing . |
| 16 | Thoroughly wet wood has something like a third of the strength and stiffness of completely dry wood . |
| 17 | You can include text , so that the prompt says something like What next , Fred ? |
| 18 | The conventionalist system lacks the capacity to reach anything like the flexibility of pragmatism , because any relaxation would inevitably involve the defeat of publicly encouraged expectation . |
| 19 | In the end , we took a taxi and all went up to the mountainous part — a good way into the interior — to a little village called something like Kaloxilos , where Maria 's grandmother lived and had a garden . |
| 20 | In Britain by contrast Althusser 's greatest impact occurred in the decade that followed : from the late sixties his work constituted something like a hegemonic ‘ theory in dominance ’ . |
| 21 | The best I can say is that Boy looked something like , or had something like the feel of , Paul Newman when he 's playing the character christened Chance Wayne in that Tennessee Williams film . |
| 22 | At one point the exchange went something like this : |
| 23 | Newman himself recounts what transpired : ‘ The scene went something like this when I demanded her presence in my office : |
| 24 | Part of the old circuit was retained , but the revamped circuit offered nothing like the excitement and challenge of its predecessor . |
| 25 | And as an employer , manager or foreman , it needs your nod to allow someone like Karen to take time off to reach the high standards required . |
| 26 | Overall , the south presents nothing like as bleak a picture for Congress as the north , at this stage of the campaign . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's an honour to get something like this , especially when it 's a complete surprise , ’ says Joan , from Hambleton , near Selby , North Yorkshire . |
| 28 | The human body produces something like two litres of water vapour in an average night and in cold conditions this can condense inside the filling . |
| 29 | By the afternoon she 's tucking into three or four chocolate digestives and in the evening has something like baked beans on toast and the odd glass of wine . |
| 30 | ‘ I know some people overrun their visas , but Caroline was not the sort to do anything like that . ’ |