Example sentences of "something [adj] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something strange like that . |
| 2 | Place something statuesque like Sweet Corn or French Artichokes in the centre . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's just that I was surprised that you should be doing something scientific like this . |
| 4 | yeah something interesting like that but not , not posh ones |
| 5 | About seventy five quid or something stupid like that . |
| 6 | And then I dreamt something weird about riding and then people , something stupid like that . |
| 7 | or something stupid like that |
| 8 | You know the bit at the beginning goes or something stupid like that . |
| 9 | No I thought , I thought the best one had to be erm home , home and office uses for home ex for high explosive or something stupid like that I mean that was |
| 10 | ‘ He is good at his job and I do n't want him to lose it because of something stupid like this . ’ |
| 11 | I mean , it 's some astronomical figure , I ca n't remember what , something terrible like ninety-five per cent … anyway , the point is that — oh , here we are . |
| 12 | Something wicked like that . |
| 13 | The problem was that the 40 turned into something more like 400 . |
| 14 | He 'd have remembered something important like that . |
| 15 | ‘ Ken said something about you living in a squat in London … or something ridiculous like that . |
| 16 | You should , of course , learn to modify your responses , but realism demands you do something practical like this if you are a physically demonstrative person . |
| 17 | She 'd thought at one time that it might be serious , be love or something weird like that , she 'd even thought they could get married . |
| 18 | Something naff like that . |
| 19 | N. So what does it feel like when you make something new like that ? |
| 20 | you ca n't get new stuff , you ca n't go out and get something new like that , to that quality |
| 21 | It 's lucky they did n't choose to call themselves Captain America or something silly like that , because it might have proved embarrassing . |
| 22 | The new houses are pretty standard why do n't they convert them , you know , you guarantee if you use six rolls of wa wallpaper you 'll need one to seven , something silly like that |
| 23 | ‘ I would love to be able to do something creative like that . ’ |