Example sentences of "things like this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can be a bit awkward about things like this . ’ |
| 2 | She 's a really lovely woman but she 's not very bright about things like this . |
| 3 | The importance of the vital actions drill may even be undermined in the eyes of the student if the instructor insists on a complete check of each control movement for every flight ( stick to the left , left aileron up , right aileron down , stick to the right , etc. ) , since it is clear that things like this can not change between flights , and the majority of experienced pilots only do that check on the first flight of the day . |
| 4 | Things like this should n't really surprise people because we have been telling them about what has been going on Down Under for years . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've got things like this in my own garage at home . |
| 6 | Lewis knew that they were all saying things like this , and it stung . |
| 7 | Without me , you do crude , unimaginative things like this … ’ |
| 8 | You ca n't get things like this in Russia , you know . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm supposed to report things like this , straight to the Snow Hill nick . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well , you have to laugh about things like this , do n't you , otherwise you 'd go out of your mind . |
| 11 | Things like this made him feel his age . |
| 12 | The sample list of books is equally important , for it disarms criticisms of the kind : ‘ The books involved are obsolete and the shelf space is needed for more modern colourful illustrated books ’ , or ‘ Things like this have always been going on ’ , or ‘ We only get rid of popular novels when the rush is over ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ If the references are OK then there is not a lot you can do to stop things like this happening , ’ he says . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought it was nice , the way she missed out this syllable in the middle , and that as an English student I was going to notice things like this . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But it 's very exciting having things like this to look forward to . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't do things like this unless they have the full knowledge and approval of the Royal Family . ’ |
| 17 | Stevens added : ‘ Things like this should be left to the PFA to sort out — that is what they are there for . |
| 18 | Things like this should be left to the PFA to sort out . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ People have said I ca n't take the pressure , but things like this happen to me week in , week out . |
| 20 | It is because of things like this that delivering the intervention ( and anything else ) to parents is a matter of problem-solving negotiation . |
| 21 | Why do I get myself into things like this ? |
| 22 | No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence . |
| 23 | Erm and it , it was us , I mean not only do we , I mean we develop her a a response , that means , we , we work with Councillor 's we work with Senior Officer 's in other departments and we look at the policy angles , like for example with , with that piece of legislation , when , when we first realised what the impact for that legislation was , it was gon na mean that we were ten million pound short in our housing money basically , that was , that was what it looked like on the surface and you think oh my god how you gon na make up for that short fall , that would mean an eleven pound a week rise in rent , that 's what it worked out as , so , well we ca n't do that , how , and then you have to look at the legislation and you say what are the loop holes here , and erm , and it involves contacting outside organisations and getting there opinion and finding out what other Council 's are doing and responding to things like this , and we did come up with a way , of , of reducing that deficit , but that 's the kind of thing we do . |
| 24 | ‘ My most important ambition in life was to have a new sports car every year , things like this . ’ |
| 25 | I understood very quickly that if you are easy you get everything you want , so I got the message quickly that if my mother and my father had never to hear about boring things like teachers , school and things like this , I could get everything I wanted . |
| 26 | It 's things like this er , five my father 's getting excited ! |
| 27 | Now you may think that the number of people in this category here is very minimal , but there 's increasing numbers of people around the world travelling now who are motivated by things like this . |
| 28 | I think it 's the big mystery , is n't it , the unknown , things like this , trying to understand fundamental concepts of nature , it 's quite exciting stuff . |
| 29 | They do n't mean no harm , but when things like this happen they get all shot . |
| 30 | Like , how do you know what goes on , like with , dolphins , with whales , with all sorts of species of animals , like we do n't know , well we 're so dense we can only see things like this ! |