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 |