Example sentences of "[conj] i like [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I like being by myself . |
| 2 | Some of my negative qualities that I like are : Some that I do n't like are : |
| 3 | ‘ I agree you 're as hard as granite , ’ she returned smartly , ‘ but I do n't know that I like being called a drip . ’ |
| 4 | so she said I , I went in and I said to Geraldine I 'm going I owe you any bloody money take the bugger out me wages , she says I ai n't having people that I like being stabbed like that by people like that , she said she ai n't worth the salt of the earth , she 's the salt of the earth she said with people like that pointing to Jenny and Jane , no way , she said and I 'm going with my mates , I turned round and the next thing Janet and Janet and Barbara in there , when we got up the pub at twelve o'clock , course we were all having sandwiches me and Pam got the , me and er Barb got there , then Pam come in then a few more come and erm then the plumber and all that come in with them and I said oh girls we never clocked out , so I said oh well I 'm gon na have to take my key back to Steve , burst out laughing , so I said oh no I said why do n't we have a key cracking competition so of course that 's what we did we all took our keys out of our bag and we went ready for she 's a jolly good ready , steady , fellow , for she 's go and we cracked these ruddy keys and shoved them up in the air |
| 5 | ‘ I was always close to my mother and I like being around women . ’ |
| 6 | I like being in a war and I like being there because it 's a great adventure for me , but my duty is to be there for a reason , not just to have a bloody good time … |
| 7 | I got on very well and I liked being there . |
| 8 | And — and I liked being alone . ’ |
| 9 | But I like being lonely . ’ |