Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] like [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It , it gets a bit easier , because they go on to like health , age , I know I 'll be able to find loads to stuff on age , wo n't I ? |
| 2 | page three school all these girls go off to like school with their togs off , you know |
| 3 | But I do not like secrets . ’ |
| 4 | The reason why the Opposition do not like Question Time and try to drown my right hon. Friend out is that they know that we are right in everything that we say and that the country will not support them on their policies . |
| 5 | We have aerobic bacteria , which need plenty of oxygen , and anaerobic bacteria which do not like oxygen . |
| 6 | Elaine claimed that horses do not damage paths which are properly maintained ( ie well drained ) , but horses do not like tarmac . |
| 7 | What the critics , of the trade unions and managements alike , are really saying is this : that they do not like normality with all its faults . |
| 8 | This book does contain a few games with winners but I must say that , on the whole , I do not like elimination games . |
| 9 | ‘ I do not like discos and noisy youth , ’ he said abruptly , continuing to stare into the fire . |
| 10 | You do not like Claudine ? ’ |
| 11 | Lee was startled by the almost aggressive note in Mrs Ridley 's question and had to remind herself that old people do not like change , do not like precipitate action , especially from those they have become used to . |
| 12 | ‘ They also do not like programmes with a lot of laughter or applause . ’ |
| 13 | Lee was startled by the almost aggressive note in Mrs Ridley 's question and had to remind herself that old people do not like change , do not like precipitate action , especially from those they have become used to . |
| 14 | Human beings do not like change , especially as they get older . |
| 15 | It is clear from the remarks of Labour Members that they do not like change , even though they have no ideas about what should be done to improve the education system . |
| 16 | He added : " Those who do not like Dhlakama will have to tolerate and coexist with him . " |
| 17 | We do not like Terry 's . |
| 18 | Children like bribes , but they do not like rewards . |
| 19 | I do not like coasts that face north . |
| 20 | And Scottish policemen do not like women much at all . |
| 21 | I DO NOT feel , writes PC Michael B. S. Casey , that Mhoira Robertson would have been happy with an obituary ( by Joan Burnie , 3 October ) that was used as a platform to criticise her colleagues ( antiastunomologists — thank you , Anthony Burgess ) and the male species in general : ‘ and Scottish policemen do not like women much at all . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do not like Steve very much — ’ |
| 23 | I do not like cities , even one as beautiful as Paris . |
| 24 | Men do not like disruptions and the effect is that staff feel less inclined to initiate conversations if they feel the receptivity is n't there . |
| 25 | If the English do not like children , it is because they think they ought to behave properly , responsibly and quietly in their presence and can never riot or have a good time when they 're around . |
| 26 | People do not like thinking . |
| 27 | ‘ I do not like people coming to see me unannounced , ’ he explained . |
| 28 | Niki got his training in fortitude and temperance when he moved to Ferrari , where they do not like drivers to be so adventuresome as to wreck cars ; James-took a year longer to learn his lesson , at McLaren . |
| 29 | Roses do not like root disturbance at the best of times , and any damage at this stage is another shock that they can well do without . |
| 30 | I say ‘ by great good luck ’ , because the Turkish authorities do not like foreigners wandering about in the neighbourhood of frontiers , particularly the Russian frontier . |