Example sentences of "like [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to compare him with a footballing genius , putting through passes others are too slow to take , and making moves that would be brilliant if only the rules were different . |
| 2 | It would have been a foolish , bull-necked man who would have looked a gift horse in the mouth … so I like to see myself in a small way as following in his footsteps . ’ |
| 3 | As well as receiving your letters , we like to meet you at the Royal Show , reader workshops and garden visits . |
| 4 | Fronted by Alan Hull , Lindisfarne had some memorable hits like Meet Me on The Corner and Lady Eleanor but Fog on the Tyne was n't a hit until Gazza got his tonsils around it . |
| 5 | Such parties , as always , like to equate themselves with the sense of collective separateness , hostility to ‘ them ’ and the ‘ imagined community ’ which may be almost universally felt in their ‘ nation ’ , but they are very unlikely to be the only expression of such a national consensus . |
| 6 | I like to put it on the table and hear the comments afterwards , and I 'm pleased to bits if it 's been all right … |
| 7 | ‘ I like having him in the house , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Would any ex-members of the Queens Royal Irish Hussars , 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars , or 4th Queens Own Hussars , who are interested in forming a home counties branch of the regimental association , like to contact me at the address below ? |
| 9 | There are those who like to hang them on the wall and look at them , but generally speaking that 's taken to be pretty eccentric behaviour . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm a manufacturer , I like to make things , I like to hold something at the end of day and say that 's something that 's been created . |
| 11 | London Underground is spending £100,000 on research to find out why so many of us like to toss ourselves on the rails . |
| 12 | That is why we like to have one in the house because we lead such urban lives . ’ |
| 13 | She would n't go out in the car the other week so we like chained her to the wall we were . |
| 14 | But I hardly like to tell you about the disaster that befell Angela within the next few minutes . |