Example sentences of "[conj] i like [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony finds several packets of banana custard that is hot and sweet ; it tastes bloody awful and neither Tony nor I like it , none the less he fights me for the last helping . |
| 2 | White Stilton is a very young , immature Stilton and does not compare to the traditional blue variety , although I like it in salads and for cooking , where its slightly sharp flavour is penetrating . |
| 3 | We both like beans on toast , although I like mine with liberal lashings of Worcester sauce , which I expect is far too exotic for the Prime Minister . |
| 4 | Anyway , I 'm not certain that I like him . |
| 5 | Innocuous though it may seem at first sight , this can be interpreted ( at least in the written form ) in two ways : either ‘ I dislike him ’ ( the most usual reading ) , or , in suitable contexts , ‘ It 's not true that I like him ’ ( for instance , in I do n't dislike him , but I do n't like him either ) . |
| 6 | There is no need to postulate different negative elements , or different meanings of like : it is enough to allow the negative element either to take the whole of the rest of the sentence as its scope ( Neg ( I like him ) ) , in which case the meaning will be ‘ It 's not true that I like him , ’ or the single element like ( I Neg-like him ) , in which case the meaning will be ‘ I dislike him . ’ ’ |
| 7 | The best thing about him is that I like him . |
| 8 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 9 | The draft reply contained one threat to report I M R O to the Securities and Investment Board for excessive enquiries er and for an unreasonable attitude and the other er bit of the reply was effectively a form of covering up presenting full financial information and disclosure to I M R O. Those replies were drafted by people inside the Maxwell organisation and you may want to comment on er the position , although I should stress at this stage that I like you have not seen the final version of any reply and I do not know whether I M R O persisted . |
| 10 | That I like you . |
| 11 | No I , well the , the colours that I like you know the cerise and the |
| 12 | Well , I still ca n't imagine what his game is , and I ca n't say that I like it . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I like it , ’ said the King . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's just that I like it here with you . |
| 15 | it 's just that I like it you know . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know that I like it exactly . |
| 17 | I do n't know that I like it all that much . |
| 18 | I 'll get that I like it so it 's er I did n't |
| 19 | I mean part of it is what I think and part of it is that I think that I like it because it works , that these things — I basically am unconvinced much of the modern tradition . |
| 20 | He told Brian Walden , in The Sunday Times ( 16 April 1989 ) , 'I do n't pretend that I liked her because I did n't … |
| 21 | The first thing I realised was that I liked her . |
| 22 | Hanging around with the photographer sparked Tony 's interest in the medium , ‘ It was a combination of things ; one was the bull , the adventure , the romance , and I really found that I liked it a lot . |
| 23 | You do n't like me any more than I like you , but we do n't have to be constantly at war . ’ |
| 24 | I could see that he was pleased with himself , and yet I could n't dislike him any more than I liked him . |
| 25 | I am not a prude but I know Barbara Bush and I like her . ’ |
| 26 | and actually she 's excellent and I like her not like working for a female boss good people er |
| 27 | There 's a girl my elder brother wants to marry , and my family want it , too , but she likes me better , and I like her , and her parents wo n't force her . |
| 28 | I have listened to a few of her tracks since and I like them . |
| 29 | Things like Fade To Black and Ironhand are untouched , and I like them rather more than the ‘ worked on ’ stuff . |
| 30 | Add two large weights ; these too must be symmetrical on the comb and I like them lined up with , or outside , the edge of the knitting . |