Example sentences of "that i like [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , I 'm not certain that I like him . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ ’ |
| 4 | The best thing about him is that I like him . |
| 5 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | That I like you . |
| 8 | No I , well the , the colours that I like you know the cerise and the |
| 9 | Well , I still ca n't imagine what his game is , and I ca n't say that I like it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I like it , ’ said the King . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's just that I like it here with you . |
| 12 | it 's just that I like it you know . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know that I like it exactly . |
| 14 | I do n't know that I like it all that much . |
| 15 | I 'll get that I like it so it 's er I did n't |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 … |
| 18 | The first thing I realised was that I liked her . |
| 19 | 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 . |