Example sentences of "like [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've now all seen a project quality plan , but I 'd just like to go through a few of the headings just to advise you where I think the benefits lie . |
| 2 | Would you like to go to a real gallery , Ruth , to look at some paintings ? ’ |
| 3 | When he had left , she was still prevented from giving way to rage as Penny put through one of the DJs she had already been out with once , ringing to ask if she would like to go to a Mongolian barbecue with him that evening . |
| 4 | in fact that would be catered for by other provisions because erm under the directive on choice , any individual has a right to er say that they would like to go to a particular home . |
| 5 | What would you like to see in an ideal world ? |
| 6 | ‘ He 'd like to write to a young lady of fifteen plus , over 5ft , not fussy about looks but please send photo . ’ |
| 7 | He looked at her and said , adopting roguishness , ‘ Would you like to come on a long journey with me ? |
| 8 | Yet it is precisely that kind of issue that the coalition would like addressed in a coherent and collaborative fashion . |
| 9 | After all , how would Ms Hamer like to work for an empty pay packet , day in and day out , like so many housewives do ? |
| 10 | If you would like to work in a striped pattern , how about working in variegated stripes ? |
| 11 | I 'd always thought I 'd like to work in an old people 's home . |
| 12 | As many ponds are in beautiful gardens many readers may like to know of a possible source of free fertiliser . |
| 13 | THE ARBITERS of Britain 's nuclear future , now sitting at the Sizewell inquiry , might like to know of a new hazard connected with pressurised-water reactors . |
| 14 | He adds : ‘ I do n't like living like a big star — where everyone has the potential to hurt you or want something from you . |
| 15 | During the evening 's jaded hours one does not like to listen to an alien tongue . |
| 16 | I do like to hear about a new garden in the planning . |
| 17 | I would like to help in a general way with Friends ' events |
| 18 | I 've got an ambition and it is to grow fat I 'd like to grow like a big fat . |
| 19 | Having selected a remedy it must now be given , but first I would like to put in a little reassurance . |
| 20 | People do n't like coming into a cigarette-filled church . |
| 21 | Readers might like to experiment with a shunting locomotive — reliable progress seems possible at scale speeds as low as 2mph on clean track . |
| 22 | It will appeal to people who would like to live in a large country house but who ca n't at the moment , and also to foreign customers who do n't have a base in this country |
| 23 | A lengthy article appeared in the Daily Telegraph entitled ‘ Would you like to live in a listed ruin ? ’ ; then pieces appeared in all the rest of the newspapers . |
| 24 | I 'd like to end with a few more general questions about you and your leisure time . |
| 25 | Finally I would like to touch on a familiar theme of mine , the efficient management of the profession 's resources . |