Example sentences of "like this [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But things like this make one doubt , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 2 | Things like this made him feel his age . |
| 3 | Supplying engines to projects like this lets us compete with the supercars and avoid all the complicated polemics they create , ’ said Reitzle . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Giving an account of it like this makes me feel as though you 're asking me to account for it , explain it for you . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I know I was , and it took a tragedy like this to make me see straight . ’ |