Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] anything like [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I know some people overrun their visas , but Caroline was not the sort to do anything like that . ’
2 I have heard several organisations talking about the magic million , but as soon as you probe deeper , you soon discover that they do n't have the expertise or the infrastructure to collect anything like this sum .
3 For some 330,000 electors to acquire anything like that " sufficient personal knowledge " , self-advertisement would have to become the MP 's chief preoccupation .
4 I was in the United States when the invasion of Iraq the invasion of Iraq into Iran , and I saw the whole situation with the aid of erm the United States mass media , so actually erm I had different ideas about erm what is the outcome and what is the results of the erm invasion was , and I took erm throughout the conflict I took an opposing view , because I always viewed the Iraquis as being aggressor and they inflicted damaged to a neighbouring country and erm they had erm no whatsoever rights to do anything like that and we see it again when erm they invaded Kuwait , they have no right at all erm they it is just the policy of the governing body of the Iraqui regime .
5 I do n't think I 'll get the chance to do anything like this again .
6 And that do n't take a week , week to test anything like that !
7 You 're going to be working hard , and so am I. There 'll be no time to wear anything like that ; anyway , I do n't like them ! ’
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