Example sentences of "[pron] like [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ideally , I like to allow enough time so I do n't need to rush and make us both tense . |
| 2 | ‘ I like to leave that one unpicked . |
| 3 | It is up to you whether you allow him or her to call you as being late or early ; I like to do this myself from the back of the boat . |
| 4 | I opted for the neckband , as I usually do , because I like to do these double , so if the front bands go on first I have to do two buttonholes on the double fabric of the neckband . |
| 5 | ‘ Every year I like to do some kind of challenge to raise money for charity and to inspire others to raise money as well , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 6 | I like to see that . ’ |
| 7 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 8 | I must admit I like to see that , because so many people , if a dog had to lose a leg they 'd say put it to sleep , put it to sleep . |
| 9 | It is a hobby he has taken up with two main aims in mind : ‘ Firstly , it keeps my hand in as far as manufacturing is concerned and secondly I like to see this small bit of entrepreneuralism on my doorstep . |
| 10 | Okay , erm I 'm a littl I 'm a little bit I 'm a little bit worried about er this er exploitation of people and security because they 've got no proven record and no medical evidence , if he was that good this guy will be a millionaire and people will be growing hair all the time , to put somebody on the chair , without knowing if that person 's got blood pressure or heart problems , they could suffer from a s a stroke erm have er or be partially paralysed , so I I think I like to see this man here maybe in ten fifteen years time with proper proven er medical evidence . |
| 11 | I 'm outgoing , I enjoy being active and I like to spend most of my time — when I 'm not studying marine biology — scuba diving . |
| 12 | It may be that I wo n't , but I like to keep that option . ’ |
| 13 | I like to read all the reader 's letters in the magazine . |
| 14 | As Mario Johnson says : ‘ I like to play this game . |
| 15 | ‘ When I phone to speak to a person I like to hear that person at the other end . |
| 16 | I like to have some sort of colour down as an underpainting first to kill the white of the paper — a similar process to an oil painter , and I start by wetting the paper with an old one and a half inch household painting brush and then quickly slash in some colour which slightly relates to what I see . |
| 17 | Even if I do n't know where I am , I like to know that . |
| 18 | No it 's just that I like to get all this out of the way . |
| 19 | That 's why I like to get that out of the way . |
| 20 | I mean I I went in there yesterday , I think it was , or this morning erm he put wet shirts into the wardrobe admittedly with the doors open but that bedroom is not a bedroom that I like to get any dampness in at all , Brenda . |
| 21 | ‘ I like to get some exercise if I can . |
| 22 | I like to address this Congress very briefly , and I 'd like to address the men . |
| 23 | I like to haver this dog to protect me against gorgeous women . |
| 24 | I like to clear all the correspondence before lunch . ’ |
| 25 | I liked to think that , while discreet enough for an important occasion , the ensemble made its own kind of personal statement . |
| 26 | Ric himself likes to grow some of the more unusual varieties , such as the Chinese leaf vegetables or mange-tout peas . |
| 27 | Now when it asks you for the sample statement , ah done it , right before , it will ask you for the sample statement er over what period would you like to estimate this equation , right instead of pressing the return key which gives you the default , right , if you specify nineteen twenty three to nineteen forty sorry just a a dash between it like that nineteen twenty three space nineteen forty okay it asks you for the number of observations to be used in the structural stability tests , right , erm if you er press the default er if you press the return key then it should give you the maximum number available right five observations in this case right and then it will perform the regression over the entire sample period , those will be the results you obtain , right , it will also er present Chow erm test statistics . |
| 28 | So what would , how would you like to say that ? |
| 29 | Would you like to say that one more time please Simon . |
| 30 | Twelve days later the consultant intervened and said to the man , ‘ Would n't you like to stroke that dog ? ’ |