Example sentences of "like [det] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Working for an outfit like that helps you tell the real from the fraud . ’
2 A child 's breathless wailing calmed by the firm slap of the father 's hand , a dead ant revived by the careless press of a passing sole , a wounded finger healed and sealed by the knife 's blade : anything like that made me flinch and veer .
3 It 's a bike and you go like that to get it going and then you , it rides along .
4 At times like that do you despair , turn to drink to try and coax back the muse ?
5 Well it is , it is , yeah , it 's a , there 's a little of flesh but nothing like you know it was when his foot got like that do you see what I mean ?
6 You ca n't think like that Has he died yet , sounds like you 're waiting for him to die !
7 Okay and if say it crescendoed in bar two you would go like that Say it diminuendoed in bar four you would do that .
8 Delahoussaye continued : ‘ Racing is so competitive when you are out there on the track , but when something like this happens you know it could be you next time .
9 Things like this made him feel his age .
10 Supplying engines to projects like this lets us compete with the supercars and avoid all the complicated polemics they create , ’ said Reitzle .
11 Both hands free A sling like this enables you to hold your baby close without using your hands .
12 Carrots and meat and good stuff , and then they used to put a little flour to thicken it like this do you see , with a big spoon like that .
13 They do n't mean no harm , but when things like this happen they get all shot .
14 Giving an account of it like this makes me feel as though you 're asking me to account for it , explain it for you .
15 ‘ Something like this makes you believe in yourself that much more , ’ said Toleafoa , whose father is a consulate-general for Western Somoa , but who qualifies to play for New Zealand because of her mother .
16 But expressing it like this makes it look as if there could be a quality of ‘ in-the-foot-ness ’ , and this is absurd since position is not a quality .
17 Tales like this inspired him to go and explore for himself ; and apart from them he had another reason .
18 I know I was , and it took a tragedy like this to make me see straight . ’
19 ‘ Did you know ’ , Mrs Phelps said , ‘ that public libraries like this allow you to borrow books and take them home ? ’
20 Examples like these make it appear that the performance of manufacturers ' software can always be bettered .
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