Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] [indef pn] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cathy , Cathy if they got some disease like , I du n no something like I du n no cancer or something like that , would they be more ill than normal ? |
| 2 | However , these institutional norms do not tell anything like the whole story , and this is particularly true if we focus on spoken language in casual conversation and on phonetic and phonological variation : as we noticed in chapter 3 , the norms of a superordinate variety can not be projected on to the norms of a speech community without distorting our description . |
| 3 | If you do not do anything like this , but on the other hand you do walk a fair amount each day ( to the shops , to work , etc. ) record either the distance or the time spent in walking each day . |
| 4 | The sums involved are very small and do not cover anything like the cost to the NHS of car accidents . |
| 5 | But EEI President Thomas Kuhn acknowledged that even the most optimistic environmentalists do not believe anything like that number of electric vehicles will be on the streets , even in the next 20 years . |
| 6 | All hon. Members are consumed by analysing how much money has been spent and whether more money will be made available for particular services , but we do not spend anything like enough time considering whether that money is well spent . |
| 7 | They still have not moved in properly , and do not have anything like the quantity of clothes , books , porcelain and paintings which took the Thatchers three days to pack up . |
| 8 | ones the or others , if you 're getting stuck on them , do n't miss something like this that you could do and get full marks . |
| 9 | ‘ Mrs Brissett will make sure I do n't do anything like that . |
| 10 | We do n't do anything like that ; we very rarely have tutorials . |
| 11 | ‘ I think the public will be better protected if for the next two years and possibly afterwards you are on a regime of medication which will ensure you do n't do anything like this again , ’ he said . |
| 12 | No we do n't do anything like that , but you might be able to get that |
| 13 | Where you do n't do anything like that . |
| 14 | ‘ I — I do n't feel anything like … ’ |
| 15 | You do n't expect something like this to happen . ’ |
| 16 | Cos presumably they do n't expect anything like this , they 're just doing their work . |
| 17 | Well I 'm not sure I mean it 's interest I mean the the Council erm with another the Council looked upon attendances of the things Council do and many people who use the facilities in Harlow will argue we do n't get anything like this where we live and we always find it like that you know it 's that sort of mentality where people in Harlow may or may not say well course you get it in Harlow we expect it it 's just there it just saves we know it 's getting them people to use it but I talk to people I 'm sure people who live in Harlow or the Council to people and Harlow people tend to think well yes yes it 's all with always it 's always there . |
| 18 | Software The essence of any windows peripheral device is its set of drivers — if they 're no good , you do n't get anything like decent performance from the device . |
| 19 | and erm like I said up to about , up to about two years ago you could claim housing benefit with which you could pay your rent , and that was a great help to students you know , but now that 's been stopped , but you do n't get anything like that , so you 've got thirty five pound a week to pay for food , rent , community charge , everything |
| 20 | ‘ I really do n't know anybody like him , ’ declared Trish . |
| 21 | They do n't need someone like you to come along and wreak havoc . ’ |
| 22 | and I 'll just , I , you know , I do n't need someone like that but the point is that he , if he knows you do n't like him , he goes out of his way to make things difficult for you . |
| 23 | ‘ But obviously we do n't sell anything like knives or firearms which have criminal overtones . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't like anything like that . |
| 25 | ‘ Most later weights are much lighter , the colours are muddier and they do n't have anything like the control over the spacing of the canes . ’ |
| 26 | You do n't have anything like that now ? |
| 27 | The majority of Wear Valley 's GPs do n't have anything like 7,000 patients due to Wear Valley being a rural community and so are in danger of becoming second class citizens . |
| 28 | Oh bloody hell you do n't say nothing like that . |
| 29 | ‘ If we do n't persuade someone like Guy to help us out , there wo n't be a Sarah Chester Fabrics , never mind the ideals ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't see one like that every day ! ’ |