Example sentences of "he feel like it " in BNC.

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1 Personally , I do not share that view but whatever the reason , stubbornness must not be allowed to succeed : the dog must do what he is commanded to do , not in his own time , when he feels like it , but immediately ; and if it is done correctly , he should receive praise and lots of it .
2 The widower will receive many more invitations out to meals in other people 's homes in the early days too , and he will have the advantage of never having to feel trapped in the isolation of an empty house in the evenings ; for if his emotional condition after his wife 's death is reasonably steady and he feels the need of company , he can always stroll out to the local pub for a drink , where he can remain in complete control of the amount of conversation he wants , or can endure , and can head for home again just when he feels like it .
3 A man 's allowed to have second-rate dreams if he feels like it .
4 I think he just dematerialises when he feels like it . ’
5 He goes off in one or other of the ships whenever he feels like it , which is pretty well all the time , nowadays .
6 The president is not free to choose , to start wars wherever he feels like it , the president is not free to make agreements with any country he feels like making it with and some presidents have had to learn the hard way .
7 I mean he feels like it , obviously , like with
8 Oh I du n no , he comes back when he feels like it .
9 when he feels like it .
10 Because he feels like it .
11 But our poetry started to flow again , though now it was he who distributed the favours : there was no call for him now to bribe me with sex , so this aspect of our relationship was something he kept under tight control , allowing sexual contact only when he felt like it and not just when I wanted it , as in the past .
12 Why should n't old Sombro go off for nights on the town if he felt like it ?
13 They told him in no uncertain terms that he could not take a holiday whenever he felt like it .
14 That was the kind of man he was ; he raced when he felt like it .
15 In turn Vaughan continued to complain of Minton 's riotous life for if he felt like it he would start jiving in the middle of the night .
16 and her voice trailed away , as she simultaneously managed to imply that Brian had the Town Hall in the palm of his hand , and that he had enough money to buy his father a comfortable bungalow in a nice suburb whenever he felt like it .
17 He used to help out now and again , but only when he felt like it .
18 A Suffolk man said : ‘ My grandfather was a bit of a rough diamond , and he was n't above letting a few words fly in front of us children when he felt like it .
19 She let him talk dirty whenever he felt like it !
20 He only stopped when he felt like it .
21 That was how she described it to herself , although what it really meant was that he took her to bed whenever he felt like it and occasionally gave her an absent-minded smile backstage .
22 'Cos he felt like it .
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