Example sentences of "he likes " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind he likes he calls ‘ detail ’ , as opposed to ‘ long shots ’ — the equivalent , that is , of the long shots over-used by cameramen of the Iranian Revolution : ‘ it is through details that everything can be shown ’ — that truth can be shown . |
| 2 | Many of the actions performed by many women , according to the misogynists he likes to write about , are performed by many men , and many ugly people would appear to be just as happy , and just as emotionally fulfilled , as many lovely ones . |
| 3 | Gets them to repeat moments he likes . |
| 4 | He likes to talk in terms of percentages . |
| 5 | ‘ He likes young people with a lot of life in them . |
| 6 | She chooses Ben 's food — a dry , complete diet , twice a day — because it suits his digestion and he likes it . |
| 7 | As to ‘ our bridge ’ ( which is never mentioned again ) , the reader can if he likes reflect that Kirillov is an odd fish and will no doubt prove himself persona non grata in ‘ our town ’ , or that the local bureaucrats are an officious and/or corrupt lot , or that the central authority thousands of miles away in Petersburg enjoys throwing its weight about . |
| 8 | Pound can talk all he likes about the cultural lag in America … but he 's got a 200 year political lag in himself . |
| 9 | He likes to knit quickly . |
| 10 | She said ‘ No , he likes my cooking and I keep the house very tidy . ’ |
| 11 | He do n't mind that at all — I think he likes the company . |
| 12 | Once he told me he likes me cos I do n't ask questions . |
| 13 | It 's not his job or nothing , but he likes doing stuff in the garden , and most days he 's there . |
| 14 | A chair freak — odd because he never sits down — he likes to offer a selection of good chairs upholstered in period prints , often by MacKenzie Hodsoll . |
| 15 | He likes fishing . |
| 16 | ‘ It will still look messy , the way he likes it — but much more modern , too ’ declared the master scissor-wielder with confidence . |
| 17 | He likes the Gilbert and Sullivan of some of the ski names — Barenbadkogl , Wilde Hag , Giggling . |
| 18 | THE DIY BORE : He likes nothing more than to celebrate his talent , big or small . |
| 19 | He likes all that , the cars and people calling him Minister , but he wanted her to be the good politician 's wife , doing his entertaining . |
| 20 | If he is n't , it does n't matter what he knows and he can go over my head any day he likes and make the Assistant Commissioner read him the whole report if he wants to . |
| 21 | I mean , he likes women , and she operated by sleeping with the boss . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Poland is too poor for social experiments , ’ he likes to say . |
| 23 | A designer need only draw on a computer screen the letter forms that he likes and the machine will convert them automatically into Bézier curves . |
| 24 | He wants a girl friend and I want a boy friend , and as I like him ( or at least what I know of him ) and I think he likes me , I think it would be good for both of us if we could be friends . |
| 25 | We sing and play in the bath together ; he likes that . |
| 26 | ‘ Come on now , Ali , ’ she complains , knowing he likes to feign death . |
| 27 | He likes to swing his long arm near a person 's ear , then create a friction with a thumb and forefinger to produce a cricket effect in the ear . |
| 28 | He likes it here . ’ |
| 29 | He likes hurting people . |
| 30 | More songs with words , the sort that he likes best : ‘ Mexicali Rose ’ , ‘ When it 's Springtime in the Rockies ’ , ‘ It Happened in Monterey , . |