Example sentences of "they like [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ASK MOST cult bands would they like to be a successful pop band and , behind closed doors , they 'll swiftly pant ‘ Where do we sign ? ’ . |
| 2 | But would they like to be journalists ? |
| 3 | I said how would they like to be like that , all the time ! |
| 4 | " The forest is left to the mercy of the loggers , who do what they like without being accountable to anyone . " |
| 5 | They like to be able to go to a show and to be able to see something that they do n't see in their everyday lives — you know , catching the bus to go work or coming home on the bus . |
| 6 | They like to be clean and groomed , and humans are the same . |
| 7 | They like to be ; it makes them feel strong . |
| 8 | They like to be alone . ’ |
| 9 | There are always sightseers there — sometimes they like to be photographed with the Beefeaters . ’ |
| 10 | But the software houses ( as , a little pretentiously , they like to be called ) are not quite the innocents they pretend . |
| 11 | They like to be in a large practice on the whole with other veterinary nurses . |
| 12 | The response by ’ tallies ’ as they like to be known was so good that at least a hundred had to be turned away . |
| 13 | As for the residents , they know just where they like to be and that 's down the local pub . |
| 14 | They like to be seen as the hard man or the macho man and not to be ridiculed , ’ he said last night . |
| 15 | Yeah but they like to be close . |
| 16 | And they like to be taught a new board game |
| 17 | Notts in this first half are going to be as they like to be , attacking the Kop end , a Kop end which is utterly deserted because Pisa have n't brought any fans with them but they 've brought a very large following of journalists , and as I said in the initial two-way with Martin , there has been a language barrier between them and me , but when they pointed to the weather and all shivered together , I knew precisely what they meant . |
| 18 | They liked to be first , to be respected , to sit close to the altar , to be called up to lift the scrolls . |
| 19 | they liked to be seen to go to church |
| 20 | rather than walk round with wads in your pocket every day , they liked to be able to work on a day to day pay system |