Example sentences of "i [verb] like " in BNC.
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| 31 | Q ‘ I do like the ‘ double flap ’ method of making a neckband , but I just hate backstitching the band on to the garment . |
| 32 | I do n't like doing intarsia knitting but I do like ‘ picture front ’ jumpers and decided that it was possible to do them by using the slip stitch Fair Isle method . |
| 33 | I do like cooking if I 've got time to do it properly . |
| 34 | Yes , I do like housework . |
| 35 | ‘ I do like to do the recording straight away so that the orchestra does n't get tired , ’ Arnold told me . |
| 36 | I do like people but I 'm suspicious of groups and names like ‘ Nationalism ’ . |
| 37 | " I do like you , Mr Amsterdam . |
| 38 | And then , quietly , intensely , ‘ I do like you , Therese , I like you very much . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ Flavia , ’ he said , ‘ I do like you — may I ? |
| 40 | I do like my own company . |
| 41 | I do like you very , very much . |
| 42 | I mean , I do like you , you know I do . |
| 43 | Well I do like trains , but it 's not just a case of liking trains , okay , yes , I like , I like trains , I like , I mean I 'm old enough to remember the steam trains , it 's not just a case of that . |
| 44 | I do like them . |
| 45 | ‘ I do like it . |
| 46 | I do like to hear you talk . |
| 47 | She said , ‘ I do like having you here Betty . |
| 48 | ‘ I do like Brownies ! ’ she thought , ‘ we do such lovely things . ’ |
| 49 | But I do like shirts and ties , ’ she says , and finds herself changing women 's clothes endlessly , like a cut-out doll , trying different combinations . |
| 50 | I do like a good organist , particularly when a traditional organ is used . |
| 51 | ‘ I do like the banisters . |
| 52 | I do like him , I think he 's charming . |
| 53 | I do like women . |
| 54 | The anomalous finite do is used in the affirmative for purposes of emphasising the verb element : I do like strawberries ! ; |
| 55 | I do like that and it is so easy to do and |
| 56 | ‘ Well , I do like that , ’ Miss Poraway was saying , pointing at a cartoon cut from the WRVS News that someone had stuck with Sellotape to the dashboard of the van . |
| 57 | I 've no business to ask , but I do like to know everything that 's going on here , and what with the measles , I 've been so dreadfully out of touch . ’ |
| 58 | I must say , I do like that in my women . ’ |
| 59 | But I do like to look a bit different and distinctive . ’ |
| 60 | I do n't drink a lot but I do like wine or beer occasionally . |