Example sentences of "like [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expect you 'd like me out of the road . |
| 2 | She would like you home with her now . |
| 3 | I 'd like you in on the meeting . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Of course you would n't like him anyway from what I hear about where you come from . |
| 5 | I 'd really like him out by next Michaelmas . |
| 6 | I did n't like it there at first — sometimes it was traumatic , sometimes it was boring — but I wanted help , especially with my drink problem . |
| 7 | I 'd like it now for my . |
| 8 | He was told : ‘ We try to keep the panelling for three years , to get it thoroughly seasoned while other wood is dried artificially if required before it has time to get seasoned … we use chiefly mahogany , oak and walnut , a vast amount of teak — one of the most useful woods in railway construction — sycamore ; yellow deal for partitions , roofs and floors ; elm we find of very little use , but we are now very partial to Padouk wood [ from South Australia ] , though the workmen do n't like it much on account of its toughness ’ . |
| 9 | You do n't like it long over your ear . |
| 10 | We 'll have seen nothing like it before in boxing history . |
| 11 | The residential streets did n't like it early in the morning , the clatter of Midnight 's hooves on their concrete drives , but she was no worse than the milkman , and they were quick enough to scoop up any free dung for their roses , she noticed . |
| 12 | You 're quite a bird , even if you do like 'em long in the tooth ! ’ |