Example sentences of "[vb base] it 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 | Say it , you say it like that , what 's the correct name ? |
| 3 | She 's your daughter She said there 's no need to up and say it like that . |
| 4 | That 's right , say it like that ! |
| 5 | We we just have this weird notation that we write it like this and we say it like that cos squared Z what we mean |
| 6 | He is evil when you say it like that . |
| 7 | I remember when you say it like that . |
| 8 | when you say it like this . |
| 9 | That 's alright I want it like that . |
| 10 | ‘ If you put it like that , zur . ’ |
| 11 | It was too bad of me , I knew she would do the decent thing if I put it like that . |
| 12 | ‘ It is , now you put it like that . ’ |
| 13 | " If you put it like that , you do n't leave me much choice . " |
| 14 | But er I mean we We 've spoken about it before , on the platform , and things like that , that I mean everybody knows the score that if something happens if you 're if you 're sleeping you 've not got a an excellent chance , put it like that , I mean you er I mean nobody ever expected anything like what happened on piper to happen any on that scale . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah , well , Master , ’ I smiled , ‘ if you put it like that , of course , it makes sense ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm glad you put it like that , ’ said Owen . |
| 17 | Put it like that . |
| 18 | Well I s yeah I suppose I , I suppose I would when you put it like that , yes . |
| 19 | ‘ It sounds pretty cold-hearted when you put it like that , but I love that little girl . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , when you put it like that — it might be rather pleasant . ’ |
| 21 | think of a better way , that was in the blood , put it like that . |
| 22 | Well if you put it like that , yes , that is the company 's purpose . |
| 23 | ‘ If you put it like that , no . |
| 24 | She just put it like that , but it 's not . |
| 25 | you do that , I put it like that |
| 26 | Okay , just put it like that . |
| 27 | ‘ Put it like this . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , put it like this , ’ replied Billy guardedly , ‘ it means they did n't eat all the deer during the war . ’ |
| 29 | Jackie Jackson , a girl shot putter whose parents were Jamaican , put it like this : ‘ No matter what they say , all black kids go through a phase when they want to be white … |
| 30 | The Canadian writer Mavis Gallant put it like this : ‘ The mystery of what a couple is , exactly , is almost the only true mystery left to us , and when we have come to the end of it there will be no more need for literature — or for love , for that matter . ’ |