Example sentences of "[pron] like [v-ing] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ABBERLEY : I like watching it . |
| 2 | ‘ I play football and I like watching it . |
| 3 | I 'd hate to play it , but I like watching it . |
| 4 | I like using it , as do many other people , and it seems to be becoming the new industry standard . |
| 5 | Put it on windowsill and I think ooh on a Friday I like using it , I think I 'll go and get a bath and you pick box up , it 's empty . |
| 6 | I do n't , I like eating it |
| 7 | well I like singing it , what I mean , I think what it is I 'm looking for the old , I 'm not being funny , I 'm looking for the old voice |
| 8 | I like baking it for him ! |
| 9 | ‘ It 's fun , I like doing it . |
| 10 | ‘ But I like doing it , ’ he added softly . |
| 11 | I like doing it . |
| 12 | Come on then come , do you like doing it ? |
| 13 | " There must be some guys who like doing it . |
| 14 | " There must be some guys who like doing it . |
| 15 | The importance of affirmation With regard to football it perhaps does not matter very much — people who like playing it or watching it are not likely to be seriously affected by our negative comments ; they will just think that we are stupid and go on playing and watching as before . |
| 16 | ‘ The reason we do this , why we play music is because … we like doing it . |
| 17 | Why do n't they like putting it out Sid ? |
| 18 | Some chat for hours to their dog ; some talk to plants , and of course some people talk for fun , because they like doing it . |
| 19 | How often do you dump a file on someone 's desk with a Post-it note on it saying ‘ do this ’ and get it back — okay — competently done but with no knowledge how it might have disrupted that person 's other work or even if they liked doing it enough to want to do more ? |
| 20 | He likes trying it on . |
| 21 | he likes putting it up outside the front door and put these lights on it . |
| 22 | But it does mean that the job is immensely diverse , with a lot of administration and only a small element of number crunching , which he seeks out as an extra because he likes doing it . |