Example sentences of "like is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Muslim men do n't like is for their women to work outside the home , potentially in the company of strange men . |
| 2 | What I would like is for us to be able to poke about a bit ; see if there are any angles in the Livesey case that might lead back to this girl . |
| 3 | And erm what I 'd like is for Dennis is to explain a little about how far we 've actually got with the C E D G approach to the introduction of I S O Nine Thousand . |
| 4 | But erm what we would like is for any of you who are actually here at that time to attend that mass and to be involved in some way , to do some sort of erm service . |
| 5 | What I would like is for all the Councillors to look at this , to advise me which other seats they think are indeed the responsibility of and then I 'll go back and go to battle but er I 'd like everybody 's views on which ones they believe they are so that I can do it firmly . |
| 6 | Erm but one of the things they did not like is for erm to have a sales consultant on the medical practice for three weeks using their |
| 7 | ‘ What I 'd really like is to be a ploughshare . |
| 8 | I 've had my health put right so now all I 'd like is to be rich and famous . |