Example sentences of "like [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 You have to like them as feet .
2 ‘ I have to like them on the phone , ’ she says .
3 He seemed to like me as a person — I felt I could trust him . ’
4 What 's probably happening is that you are trying to tell them you are annoyed but also saying you still want them to like you at the same time .
5 I suppose they 're er , they 'd be quite nice with jam on , I did n't like them without
6 ‘ David did n't like them at all and promised her a clothing allowance , ’ said her friend .
7 A great deal of the audience did n't like them at all .
8 And suppose suppose that you 've been dancing with somebody and you really do n't like them at all .
9 it did n't like them at first , because she felt that they were very rough and uncouth .
10 So I thought there 's not much point in me keeping them , if he really does , does n't like them at all , he
11 I du n no erm , no I do n't like them at all it 's in fact I 'm not even impressed with it I mean you look at the people with G six hundred and you look at the fifty six
12 I do n't like them at all .
13 no I do n't like them at all he says , now my doctor had been given me this one
14 People are very seldom exactly what you would like them to be . ’
15 People are very seldom exactly what you 'd like them to be
16 Keep it light and sometimes when things are not as clear as you would like them to be just trust and give the remedy you judge to be nearest .
17 My thighs and bum — I 'd definitely like them to be a lot smaller .
18 I would also like them to be sure which player was responsible for Hirst being sent off — his name 's Haber .
19 I had only pretended I did n't know , preferring to see things as I would like them to be , rather than as they were , imprisoning myself in a ramshackle edifice of lies because I could n't bear to knock it down and start again , shivering and alone in a great expanse of sand .
20 ‘ I want to make shoes and sell them in large quantities and yet I would like them to be different , individual , and to achieve that , I require a designer . ’
21 Most of my occasional tests of 500 GP bikes end before I would like them to , simply because my arms can no longer resist the braking g-forces and I 'm likely to get flipped off .
22 I 'm not saying it like that , what I 'm saying is I would pref , yes , I would like them to be involved in it a as far as my subject reports are concerned I would like our reports that we do , we do involve the kids , I pass them out , we discuss them and I 'll re-draft but I would not , rather not have their written sample on that piece .
23 We have to realise that clients may not be quite as energetic as staff would like them to be .
24 They justify what they do by seeing their potential customers as they would like them to be , rather than as they are .
25 I 'd like them to be able to walk to school , and that 's what they could do if this school was open .
26 And if players are not performing as you would like them to , then you have to find someone else . ’
27 If you have such a group and would like them to be enrolled for membership please contact , who will require a full list of names .
28 Would you like them to be more capable of looking after children .
29 I did n't like them from the start — they smelt funny , like dirty dogs .
30 I do n't like them in the slightest . ’
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