Example sentences of "she liked [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She liked the clothes I supplied for her and we now collaborate on her wardrobe . ’
2 She liked the cloakrooms and the lockers , the sense of institution , the rows and rows of washbowls and lavatories , the accessibility of the drinking fountains .
3 Dear Mrs Woodward … she was a neighbour who did n't really need to send presents at all but she liked the girls and had n't any children of her own .
4 She said : ‘ I never thought to enjoy a book about a foreign country so much ’ — she liked the expatriates , because they lived in the past .
5 SHe liked the raintimes , but this was no place to savour them .
6 Then she gradually took over the conversation , talking about her parents and the farm , saying she knew she was old-fashioned and some people laughed at the way she farmed , but she was happy with her methods and she liked the animals .
7 She liked the grounds too , the little woods , far from the ugly clamour and harsh odours of the city .
8 She liked the words that described it : spotless , pure , immaculate .
9 She liked the nights in the country better ; the mixed smells of the town contained more human corruption : the health of animal dung 's pungency was missing in the ammoniac whiffs from the town culvert , and the touch of the air was never quite as lively as in the yard .
10 Some of her friends bought cushions and pictures and even , extravagantly , curtains , in an effort to make rooms look homely , and though she liked the results , she viewed the aim with contempt .
11 If she did not marry directly she finished training , which was highly probable , as she liked the lads as much as they liked her , before long she would be a Sister Tutor .
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