Example sentences of "[noun] that [indef pn] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we are moving into an age , I think it must be recognised , where some of the traditional jobs for girls , for example , secretaries , shops , things of this sort , are actually being decreased because of the technological revolution , so bearing in mind that something like seventy per cent of women are actually in employment , it 's very important that a girl , at the age of thirteen or fourteen , does not decide to cut herself off from the possibility of employment in these technological , engineering fields . |
| 2 | ‘ But I never had any inkling that something like this would happen . ’ |
| 3 | It beggars belief that something like this could happen . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd been given a hint that something like this could be on the cards when I was first approached . ’ |
| 5 | " I mean , I had no idea that anything like that would happen . |