Example sentences of "about thing like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Um now of course when they 're talking about things like physiological responses , when they 're talking about things like having orgasms and the like , erm this is on the part of the victims , it 's not too difficult to detach these physiological responses from pleasure . |
| 2 | They did n't get the information they needed , so they knew nothing about things like alternative positions during labour . ’ |
| 3 | I now had to start thinking about things like that . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not right to be joking about things like that , ’ he said . |
| 5 | You do n't want to think about things like that . ’ |
| 6 | I bet there 's no other boys your age thinking about things like that . ’ |
| 7 | There was a time when he would n't have noticed it , but these days he was a little touchy about things like that , especially as Fran was now living with a man fourteen years younger . |
| 8 | He should n't have been thinking about things like that at his age ! ’ |
| 9 | I 'm thinking : I 'm not wearing this , or I 'm not wearing that , my leg shows in that ; but it 's funny , it 's only really at parties that I worry about things like that . |
| 10 | I am only guessing because we do not talk about things like that . |
| 11 | ‘ Joan , how is it that you know — about things like that ? ’ |
| 12 | But never mind no time to worry about things like that . |
| 13 | I often get tipped off about things like that . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah I , I er thought about self defence but I keep thinking about things like that 's fine but if someone has a knife or a gun , the one might of self defence that I have been trained on or taught in can possibly help and I ca n't really see it as being very very helpful because |
| 15 | He 's never serious about things like that . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't worry about things like that . ’ |
| 17 | People tell me they 'll fade and that I should n't worry about them , or that I should n't bother about things like that when I 've got a baby , but I ca n't help it . |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe , but you ca n't ask about things like that . ’ |
| 19 | Sometimes her eyes , he noticed , did n't quite focus , and the washing-up was seldom done , but he was n't fussy about things like that . |
| 20 | But then , how come Sorrel knew about things like that ? |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , good , ’ said Garvin , ‘ I was afraid you 'd forgotten about things like that , with your recent preoccupations . ’ |
| 22 | You might want to think about things like that . |
| 23 | ‘ I never even thought about things like that . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's much too early to think about things like that , ’ he said . |
| 25 | So we was talking about things like that and so she she said like selling her car now she told us how much money she made on it . |
| 26 | Yeah but what you could do , Nancy will be really responsible about things like that , you can say to her if a big fat Housing Benefit cheque comes for me cash it and put it in my bank . |
| 27 | Always very hard to talk to Vaughan about things like that , because you asked a straight forward and he goes way , way , over the head |
| 28 | Oh I 'm not bothered about things like that , but I would have liked a decent size garden . |
| 29 | Do n't joke about things like that Paul , please ! |
| 30 | I do n't need to worry about things like that |