Example sentences of "[indef pn] like a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colin diverges slightly from the McKenna party line that psychedelics should be taken on your own with the help of someone like a psychotherapist , and for illumination rather than recreation . |
| 2 | It would encourage pupils to relate to their own uniqueness as a normal activity — not as something done in special sessions or requiring special structures or special input by someone like a teacher . |
| 3 | How does it make someone like a woman who has just had an abortion feel having to go to a lavatory to express her grief in tears ? |
| 4 | If someone like a model says yes , I 'm gorgeous , we can all pick on her for that , saying , oh yes she 's got those looks , but what a horrible person . |
| 5 | But the leaders are nearly always someone like a Director of Nursing or somebody like that , who has no ward experience |
| 6 | Summat like a takeover bid . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'd ‘ ave a riot on your hands if summat like a transvestite walked into one of them pubs , they ca n't handle stuff like that , ’ says Mark . |
| 8 | There 's , there 's one , something about a dog or something , involves describing somebody like a dog or that 's had a bad temper , I forget , there 's all sorts of words . |
| 9 | She stretched and showered , screamed along with a flashback of Jamie at The Pink Flamingo and There ai n't nothin' like a dame ! |
| 10 | Facing page : there 's nothing like a brew to soothe aching limbs but where 's the Kendal Mint cake ? |
| 11 | THERE is nothing like a holiday to rekindle the flames of passion . |
| 12 | There 's nothing like a steam railway to evoke the atmosphere needed for a truly British Romantic film set in days gone by . |
| 13 | ‘ My wife says there 's nothing like a romance . |
| 14 | ‘ Nothing like a bit of a weep to make a girl feel better . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Nothing like a bit of sea air to get the brain cells jumping . |
| 16 | There was nothing like a flower to cheer you up on a dark day . |
| 17 | I sat a moment cursing the junkie builders , then suddenly the thought came : Hang on , Jimbo , this could be good news ( there 's nothing like a crack on the nut with a lead pipe to wake a body up ) , this could mean we 've got fresh water piped to the back door whenever it rains , and sucks to the waterboard . |
| 18 | No , not a cathedral , nothing like a cathedral . |
| 19 | ‘ The first time your children tell you they 've heard the story , remember , I warned you , ’ He drained his mug , dropping it over his shoulder into the water slushing around in the galley : ‘ Nothing like a hurricane for washing dishes . ’ |
| 20 | And there 's nothing like a conversation when you smoke . |
| 21 | The thing is , there is nothing like a bike for sheer visceral excitement . |
| 22 | Basically , there 's nothing like a combo for doing that . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ There 's nothing like a cup of tea , dear , ’ she said comfortingly , as she filled it . |
| 24 | ‘ Nothing like a cup of tea to wake you up . ’ |
| 25 | There is nothing like a band of men in their working environment to make a single female feel like a page three Martian . |
| 26 | I ai n't nothing like a dame |
| 27 | ‘ Keeps the bastards on the alert , ’ remarked the Trog , ‘ Nothing like a load of exploding mortar shit to keep their fucking heads down ! ’ |
| 28 | There was nothing like a chocolate gateau with cream ; Elysium was to be found in a glutinous , fat dumpling ; and a good pastry was a walk in Arcadia . |
| 29 | She had decided to have a look at the human face of the bogey , and there is nothing like a dog ( the only animal which trusts humans ! ) for starting a conversation . |
| 30 | Predictably Michael Palin 's Pole to Pole was the runaway Christmas hit , proving once again that there is nothing like a television series to help sales of a book — Heffers sold between 1,300 and 1,400 copies . |