Example sentences of "[noun] like [pers pn] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had believed that a country girl like her would find him wonderful , a college man with great ambitions . |
| 2 | We were also convinced that unless we could get the politicians and so called ‘ medical experts ’ to start exercising their minds , then the people in communities like ours would continue to die before their time and our children would be damaged before they even got a chance to live . |
| 3 | It 's only lunatics like us would make it this far . ’ |
| 4 | Before the days of radio , boats like her would race down-channel as far as the Lizard to get first contact for the ship-to-shore trade from vessels making port . |
| 5 | ‘ No , of course it does n't ; I 'm a fool to think a woman like you would give my sister a second thought . ’ |
| 6 | But I would have imagined that an intelligent woman like you would know how to get herself out of it again . ’ |
| 7 | In the future , colleges like his would have to sell courses and expertise widely , often linking on a franchise basis with higher education establishment , to supply components for degree and other higher qualifications while extending to younger students , the opportunity to gain a variety of academic and vocational ones . |
| 8 | ’ If we were still in our own country , Andreas , a man like you would have been married years ago and you would have many children to delight you in your old age . ’ |
| 9 | What he means is that the light is dreadful and only desperate hacks like me would take photos in it . |
| 10 | I wonder how many other senior citizens like me would welcome the return of shops selling tripe and onions , faggots and peas and pock hocks ( ready cooked — lovely grub ! ) |