Example sentences of "[adv] like be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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
2 Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week .
3 ‘ You always like being in charge ? ’ she heard him ask .
4 ‘ What I 'd really like is to be a ploughshare .
5 What Muslim men do n't like is for their women to work outside the home , potentially in the company of strange men .
6 ‘ But you did n't like being at home , ’ said Breeze gently .
7 ‘ Ah , well , you see , Beryl does n't like being on her own in the house at night . ’
8 She did n't like immobility , she did n't like being on her own , and she did n't like the fact that the wallet still had n't been given back to her , not when she 'd nicked it at great personal risk .
9 I do n't like being without a woman for long . ’
10 ‘ I do n't like being up three flights of stairs at night without a candle .
11 He did n't like being in a position of ignorance on any subject , and started probing .
12 What 's it say that the people who do n't like being in groups
13 At her parents home in Parkgate , The Grange , she said : ‘ I do n't intend to start smoking and I do n't like being in the company of people who smoke , especially when we are on holiday abroad and people smoke at the table . ’
14 ‘ I do n't like being in hospitals , ’ she complained to the consultant .
15 and this woman , she 's ninety odd and she does n't like being in the room on her own so when she goes to bed mum goes with her .
16 I quite liked being on my own , most of the time . ’
17 She had never liked being in the dark , especially being in unfamiliar places in the dark .
18 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
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