Example sentences of "i like [be] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Nor do I like being called Jam , or Jelly , or even Peanut Butter . ’ |
2 | Some of my negative qualities that I like are : Some that I do n't like are : |
3 | Spending money with dealers whose taste I like is my method of shopping , but it is always fun , and often profitable , to have a flutter at the auction rooms . |
4 | What I like is that I can feel the movement and it all gets transmitted to the fingers . |
5 | What I like is combining something strict with something free — it creates ambiguity and I love ambiguity . |
6 | Well we 've had one do what I like is |
7 | I like being in the country very much indeed . |
8 | ‘ I like being in the kitchen — it 's my domain , ’ says Sheila , who , it must be said , does look more at home behind a microphone than a mixing bowl . |
9 | ‘ I DO N'T KNow why I liKE BEINg a SKIN But I do . |
10 | ‘ I like being as thick as thieves with her . |
11 | I like being with Mick . ’ |
12 | ‘ I was always close to my mother and I like being around women . ’ |
13 | I have never worked for anybody but my father , I like being my own boss . ’ |
14 | I like being a housewife . |
15 | I like being with people , but there 's times when I want to be on my own . |
16 | ‘ I like being mastered , ’ I said , not sure how much money he had . |
17 | ‘ I like being an Elphberg . ’ |
18 | I like being upstairs . |
19 | ‘ I like being naughty , ’ he heard Fergus say , and then he stepped forward and took Fiona in his arms , still holding the key and the toilet rolls . |
20 | I like being in a war and I like being there because it 's a great adventure for me , but my duty is to be there for a reason , not just to have a bloody good time … |
21 | I like being in a war and I like being there because it 's a great adventure for me , but my duty is to be there for a reason , not just to have a bloody good time … |
22 | As I I love being a candidate , I love talking to voters , I like being active and doing things and that 's the reason basically that I want to be your Euro candidate , I 'm ready to be a candidate again . |
23 | But I like being lonely . ’ |
24 | ‘ I like being dirty , and I 'm going to be dirty ! ’ |
25 | I like being tested . |
26 | I like being me as I am , ’ she said simply and rather sadly . |
27 | ‘ I agree you 're as hard as granite , ’ she returned smartly , ‘ but I do n't know that I like being called a drip . ’ |
28 | And besides , I like being in the company of a pretty girl , even if she does look only twelve . ’ |
29 | I like being a man or a woman . |
30 | ‘ I like being here . ’ |