Example sentences of "like be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you like being in the bath with your father ? |
| 2 | At her parents home in Parkgate , The Grange , she said : ‘ I do n't intend to start smoking and I do n't like being in the company of people who smoke , especially when we are on holiday abroad and people smoke at the table . ’ |
| 3 | and this woman , she 's ninety odd and she does n't like being in the room on her own so when she goes to bed mum goes with her . |
| 4 | I mean if you speak three different languages you could use three different words to put the same sort of thought of a picture dog , chien , hound there 's probably an Italian and a and that but if you speak the languages then different words different codes if you like are for the same idea . |
| 5 | I like being in the country very much indeed . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | And besides , I like being in the company of a pretty girl , even if she does look only twelve . ’ |
| 8 | She liked being on the go . |
| 9 | ‘ That she liked being in the wood . ’ |
| 10 | She had never liked being in the dark , especially being in unfamiliar places in the dark . |
| 11 | ‘ Madonna likes being in the eye of the storm but this time she was safely tucked away in New York . ’ |