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

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1 ‘ They can do what they like for me — blow the place up for all I care — I 'll be off to my mobile home in Lytham St Annes before long . ’
2 ‘ The companies can charge what they like for drugs , then be as inefficient as they like , and stay under the profit ceiling .
3 The main route , travelling in an anti-clockwise direction , covers approximately 40 miles , so allow an hour or so for driving and as long as you like for stops !
4 What was the Guitar Legends concert in Seville like for you ?
5 But , according to trading standards officers , shops can charge what they like for something and if they choose to recoup the cost of making curtains by charging more for the cost of raw materials they use , then they 're entitled to do this .
6 Choose as many as you like for £3.95 .
7 The common question the boys all seemed to want answered was what is sex like for a girl ?
8 Once at work , what was life like for the young apprentice ?
9 Others I like for their sheer messiness .
10 Since general public speaking courses are not preparing you to give a particular speech , but to give speeches in general , the first task is simply to get you to stand up in a room full of people and ask you to speak about anything you like for three minutes .
11 On similar assets only ( ‘ like for like ’ ) .
12 I took this as his Imprimateur , his permission if you like for me to go away and write aqbout what Toad really got up to next rather than being annoyingly good as he is at the end of Wind in the Willows
13 But what is life like for people living in rural areas who ca n't afford a car ?
14 and you can go on it anywhere as far as you like for forty pence .
15 But that is what I like about this film .
16 What I like about Mark is that he 's not afraid to be funny with the crowd .
17 Its television advertisements still portray a genuine Eskimo fisherman , who proudly declares : ‘ You know what I like about Eskimo Pie ?
18 Robert du Preez at scrum-half could take on anyone including David Bishop either in the boxing ring or on the rugby field and say what you like about Naas Botha , he is still the daddy of all the fly-halves .
19 All the elements are n't there , they 're a bit shaky , a bit jerky ; that 's what I like about them .
20 Say what you like about the Ryder Cup and The Belfry , if it was n't for the 9th , 10th and 18th holes , it would be as average as it looks .
21 That 's what people like about it , the enormity of the challenge . ’
22 What I like about Making Out and South of the Border is how they celebrate aspects of femininity — a celebration of excess .
23 Once you are satisfied that your list is complete , look at all those qualities that you like about yourself .
24 If , as suggested , you have done some background work on the company you will be in a good position to say what you really like about it , why you think it has a reputation as a good employer , why the job suits you ideally .
25 Say what you like about his awful presence , he could gain a not inconsiderable reputation for what he does in the comfort of his den .
26 One more fing I like about me ole mucker Ingrams : 'e 'ates young people .
27 What I like about the system is that it does n't shout its presence to human interlopers : what do you do when your anti-predator device is preyed upon by the local villain ?
28 One touch I like about the Champ 25 is that the power LED flashes when the amp is on standby .
29 One of the things I really like about this Ovation is how it seems to be the ideal compromise , in terms of feel , between my ideal electric and acoustic guitars .
30 ‘ What I like about the three guys is that they actually care about that .
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