Example sentences of "like [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The English pigeon devouring the remains of the couscous , without a pause , immersing its whole beak and head in the grains while I smiled at it , saying : ‘ You seem to like couscous from a packet . |
2 | I thought you 'd like granary for a change . |
3 | My right hon. Friend said today that he would like set-aside to be much more environmentally based . |
4 | Cos up in the , the erm paper shop they got somebody in and she does it like special for p for pensioners . |
5 | When knitting the water-lily pattern as an all-over design , I actually like black as the background and white or a pastel colour for the contrast , using the paler colour for the welts and details , as illustrated . |
6 | The confusion in his attitude to Norman was helplessly exposed : he liked Norman for not being , like Raymond Ray , a congenital homosexual , yet when Norman danced with a girl Minton would remark with spite , ‘ Oh , it 's her tonight . ’ |