Example sentences of "like [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in this chapter , Capturing Animals he says that when he was young , before he ever started writing poems , he used to like animals , he used to like them dead as well as alive |
| 2 | But I used to like my little Hillman Imp . |
| 3 | Yet it was hard to make a good living here as the Peruvians did not seem to like their own music . |
| 4 | That was when Ruth got to know her better , and to like her better ; and a few months later , Cousin Saul had married Gloria , taking her to live at the ramshackle old warehouse on Cyclops Wharf . |
| 5 | Do n't you like them that way ? |
| 6 | I do n't like them new words ! |
| 7 | No , do n't mind the pie no I meant do n't like them new peas . |
| 8 | But they do like them naked . |
| 9 | The subject matter for my demonstration is a pair for shoes belonging to my four-year-old daughter Sophie , who painted them to suit herself after she decided she did n't like them any more . |
| 10 | So you would like them larger ? |
| 11 | Ted might decide he does n't like me any more , that I laugh too loudly or drink too much of his beer , and then we 'd have to get a tent . |
| 12 | They 'll see my faults and then they wo n't like me any more . |
| 13 | You do n't like me any more than I like you , but we do n't have to be constantly at war . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Of course — but if you were to go to Luiza and pretend to be friends again … you could tell her you did n't like me any more . ’ |
| 15 | That was my boyfriend but he 's hurt his thumb and he do n't like me any more . |
| 16 | When Wales lost to Bridgend 10 days ago , home supporters , who would now like nothing better than a Test-match miracle at the Arms Park on 4 November , taunted the beaten team with chants of ‘ Easy ’ . |
| 17 | I 'd like nothing better than to spend the night with you . ’ |
| 18 | They seem to assume that because my act is a bit obscene , I 'll like nothing better than a bigoted belly-laugh . |
| 19 | THE FORMER colleagues of Paul Gascoigne at Spurs would like nothing better than to spoil his comeback tonight . |
| 20 | ‘ Adolph , I would like nothing better than to give you the chance to start your life again , but Colonel Goreng … he 's the cautious one . |
| 21 | Normally , I 'd like nothing better than this little visit to the big time . |
| 22 | The Amateur Championship begins there on Tuesday , and McEvoy would like nothing better than to emulate Mike Bonallack and Joe Carr as the only golfers since the War to win the title three times . |
| 23 | There were those among the remaining husbands of the five daughters of Ealdred who would like nothing better than to see Siward perish in an effort to plant a few Anglian soldiers and a bishop in some crumbling old forts in the Lothians . |
| 24 | Right now she 'd like nothing better than to climb into bed and stay there for a week , sleeping her troubles away . |
| 25 | I should also like my right hon. Friend to look carefully at what extra help the Territorial Army can give the civilian population in civil disasters . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't like the men , and I do n't like my first officer . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do you like my new dress ? ’ |
| 28 | Answering questions such as ‘ How do you like my new suit ? ’ or ‘ Is the pie I just baked okay ? ’ often requires knowledge of the other person 's filter to do justice to the situation . |
| 29 | How do you like my new skirt ? ’ |
| 30 | Pain relief is essential , but I would like my thrombolytic therapy as well . |