Example sentences of "likes be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | He just likes being a child . ’ |
| 2 | Susanna likes being a solo artist . |
| 3 | She likes being escorted around smart spots and having money spent on her . |
| 4 | ‘ Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm actually very dubious about this idea indeed because I , I do n't think that anybody actually likes being in a situation where they simply have to do what they 're told |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not at all sure he likes being told . ’ |
| 7 | I 've never been in jail and I never wan na find out what it 's like in jail but if you actually ever go to the police station , Harlow police station , they sometimes let people up there and do tours , no one likes being left in the cell cos when the door closes it 's very very small and it 's very claustrophobic , and it 's not very nice . |
| 8 | She likes being |
| 9 | Nobody likes being called that . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Marianne likes being Queen Bee in the hive . |
| 11 | continues to enjoy her post-marital-divorced status … life goes on … and she likes being an aunt … indulging with unusual presents like a gun which ‘ blows ’ bubbles and collections of Russian style dolls within dolls … to date , she has a set of genuine Russian dolls from 's trip to St Petersburg … cat dolls , tiger dolls , peasant dolls etc . |
| 12 | She likes being at parties and getting off her face ! |
| 13 | What Dickie likes is no muss , no fuss . |
| 14 | ‘ What he likes is specialised . |
| 15 | What he really likes is Old Masters . |
| 16 | For his work with a host of musicians from Marian McPartland to Ruby Braff he has received many accolades , but one that we know he likes was made in the London Spectator recently : ‘ Tate turned out to be that rarity of rarities , a bass player whose contributions actually made musical sense . |