Example sentences of "like [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus Forrestal reflected in July 1946 that the United States might have to tolerate much that it did not like about British conduct and influence in the Far East . |
| 2 | The thing I do n't like about this amendment is it actually moves us nowhere and we can not after what we 've seen over the summer , move nowhere . |
| 3 | ‘ Measure the service you provide against what you would like in similar circumstances . ’ |
| 4 | I do like wedding cake but the only thing I do n't like in some cakes is ch |
| 5 | I think in fact what I would like in particular from the local planning authorities around the table is given Mr Donson 's view that E two as drafted is more restrictive than national guidance P P G seven or any other P P G , what is it in North Yorkshire that justifies that departure from national guidance . |
| 6 | Dr Frank Weymouth Sailing Club , I would like to second the proposition that Messrs continue in office . |
| 7 | Erm , I do n't know if it 's worth speaking now , I , I 'd like to second everything that has said , and what the auditors have said erm , in the management arrangement . |
| 8 | I 'd like to second that petition . |
| 9 | Yes Chairman I 'd like to second that and just to erm say very briefly that er erm I , I very much welcome the report and the speed with which the Chief Officer is seen to have addressed most of the issues there are one or two bits that , that were of course were in fact posters , posters er be dealt with erm I have to say I still have some concern erm that the Chief Fire Officer and his team are so well supported on a very broad front on their decision making and their professionalism and yet on other matters of sound advice which has been given by er who are turned aside and just simply not given the proper consideration that they should have as in that er respect Chairman and I , I , I have some concern , erm it , it would not surprise me indeed if the , Her Majesty 's Inspector of er er brigades , when he comes round himself , has some comment to make on that since I think he 's expectations as well are almost as high as mine is . |
| 10 | Chairman I would like to second and reserve my decision . |
| 11 | I would like to second Mrs 's motion . |
| 12 | I 'd like to second Anne 's congratulations really , to the , to the men who deal with wasps nest , because they 're very usually men who come along ! |
| 13 | Aruba plans to break away from the rest of the Netherlands ' West Indies , because it does not like to yoked to Curacao . |
| 14 | Also conservation programmes involve potential clashes with landowners , politicians whose constituencies are adversely affected , forest contractors who would like to fell trees without official controls and so on . |
| 15 | I would like to first call , in alphabetical order , Robert |
| 16 | ‘ I should like to above anything . |
| 17 | See perhaps I 'd like to more section to . |
| 18 | Er and therefore erm I think we 'd like to some degree wait and see a bit still because er I think that you know economic circumstances of this particular moment mean that we may just have to consider that further of seeing how things progress really between now and October . |
| 19 | If we must only think " if " he met some accident while trying to investigate something he did n't like on one of the ships , he will have died while doing what he felt to be his duty , " I said . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've got an old pal of yours in here — David Bowie ’ , he said , ‘ we 're talking about making an album but he 's got this song which I do n't like at all , but you might care for it . |
| 21 | She looked at him in a queer , incisive way he did not like at all . |
| 22 | There 's a thing , because there are a terrible lot of things I do n't like at all of Picasso 's for instance , his versions of ‘ Las Meniñas ’ . |
| 23 | This half year supply business which I do n't like at all . |
| 24 | Shelley was beginning to see something that she did n't like at all . |
| 25 | And in particular , she did not like at all that he had felt it necessary to give Lubor the instructions he had about her . |
| 26 | The girls have joined the boys at Horsham now , which seems a good move , though other changes have been made which I do n't like at all . |
| 27 | I 'll , I can endorse that by saying that we should n't , as I noticed a certain offhandedness with him that I did n't like at all . |
| 28 | But I did n't like at all the er excuses he made for his wife . |
| 29 | But er oh well Yeah this is what got me , I like the er the legs you know , the the backs I , I did n't like at all because you 've got this blue |
| 30 | Do with some more strength , so you he do n't like at all does he ? |