Example sentences of "like [det] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " 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 | At times like that do you despair , turn to drink to try and coax back the muse ? |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | Things like this made him feel his age . |
| 6 | Supplying engines to projects like this lets us compete with the supercars and avoid all the complicated polemics they create , ’ said Reitzle . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Giving an account of it like this makes me feel as though you 're asking me to account for it , explain it for you . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I know I was , and it took a tragedy like this to make me see straight . ’ |
| 12 | Examples like these make it appear that the performance of manufacturers ' software can always be bettered . |