Example sentences of "i like [be] " in BNC.

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1 Some of my negative qualities that I like are : Some that I do n't like are :
2 Spending money with dealers whose taste I like is my method of shopping , but it is always fun , and often profitable , to have a flutter at the auction rooms .
3 What I like is that I can feel the movement and it all gets transmitted to the fingers .
4 What I like is combining something strict with something free — it creates ambiguity and I love ambiguity .
5 Well we 've had one do what I like is
6 I like being in the country very much indeed .
7 I like being in the kitchen — it 's my domain , ’ says Sheila , who , it must be said , does look more at home behind a microphone than a mixing bowl .
8 ‘ I DO N'T KNow why I liKE BEINg a SKIN But I do .
9 I like being as thick as thieves with her .
10 I like being with Mick . ’
11 ‘ I was always close to my mother and I like being around women . ’
12 I have never worked for anybody but my father , I like being my own boss . ’
13 I like being a housewife .
14 I like being with people , but there 's times when I want to be on my own .
15 I like being mastered , ’ I said , not sure how much money he had .
16 I like being an Elphberg . ’
17 I like being upstairs .
18 I like being naughty , ’ he heard Fergus say , and then he stepped forward and took Fiona in his arms , still holding the key and the toilet rolls .
19 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 …
20 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 …
21 As I I love being a candidate , I love talking to voters , I like being active and doing things and that 's the reason basically that I want to be your Euro candidate , I 'm ready to be a candidate again .
22 But I like being lonely . ’
23 I like being dirty , and I 'm going to be dirty ! ’
24 I like being tested .
25 I like being me as I am , ’ she said simply and rather sadly .
26 ‘ I agree you 're as hard as granite , ’ she returned smartly , ‘ but I do n't know that I like being called a drip . ’
27 And besides , I like being in the company of a pretty girl , even if she does look only twelve . ’
28 I like being a man or a woman .
29 I like being here . ’
30 As she kicked the autumn leaves in the sunshine in a park near her home in Eccles , Greater Manchester , she said : ‘ I like being home .
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