Example sentences of "like [pron] [be] " in BNC.

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1 yorkshire pudding , I had to use them up did n't I , cos I do n't like eggs laid about , you know , I do n't like them being there a lot
2 I do n't like them being reduced , that means you 're gon na get nothing .
3 ‘ Miss do n't like me being late , ’ said Dot .
4 No , it 's horrible when you do n't like somebody is n't it ?
5 Did n't like she was more the career girl was n't she , I think ?
6 so we have to try and be really polite you see and she helps us like you are and , and see how your
7 Mhm is is that the same for everything else around the city that you do n't like you 're quite happy to just knock it down would you and take it away somewhere else ?
8 He did n't much like you being a property shark , I suppose ? ’
9 When they reached home that evening , George said , ‘ After what happened to our Tamar , I do n't like you being here on your own all day .
10 I do n't like you being round dogs .
11 I 'd like Who 's the King of the Jungle .
12 Did they take did enough people like who were supposed to be in , not turn up .
13 Well , we 've I would like we 're basically giving you all your cow requirement and all your oil requirement .
14 And near the Post Office , opposite the Post Office , so they were But the only thing I did n't like there was the houses opposite me They all seemed to be in their windows watching everything .
15 It seems that the only people who did n't like him were his own family .
16 I felt this was totally unjust : the reason I did n't like him was because he was a selfish and violent man who was causing my sister a great deal of misery .
17 Why would a man like him be attracted to a girl who , for a lot of the time , looked rather like a gypsy ? those cool green eyes seemed to say .
18 I do n't like her being there , and I 'm lonely on my own .
19 Just as they did not like her being sharp .
20 And I do n't like her being near the children . ’
21 ‘ In this back street , ’ he said , ‘ they were making coffins like they were going out of fashion . ’
22 To admit to liking it was definitely an even bigger one .
23 The reason they do not like it is that they are so sensitive about it .
24 But that 's a shame when they do n't like it is n't it ?
25 I do n't like it being very stuffy .
26 But I do n't like it being stuffy , so this morning , I had all the windows open , cos it 's nice and sunny and , erm , I had the windows open .
27 job if there 's gon na be an exercise or a they like it to be a real-life practical situation , almost like a simulation of the job rather than something that 's er for example if you were to do a case study , pragmatists would like it be in an insurance-related case study and it could be related to their job very .
28 WE would like what is best for Tony .
29 His father Allan told the High Court : ‘ Whatever differences we have had as a family we are all of a mind that we would like what is best for Tony .
30 The alternative for a manager if he does not like what is on offer in his present job is to move to a different one .
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