Example sentences of "she liked the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She liked the moss-covered cobbles of the yard , and appreciated the random design of the shaggy tufts of grass hanging down from the eaves of the ancient stable blocks ahead . |
| 2 | She liked the tall lady , and she was very curious to hear all about the Brownie girls who , although real , worked magic as the Brownie folk used to do . |
| 3 | Her own tastes were all wrong for the times ; she liked the flaying moral tracts of the Christian Socialists and a kind of violent wit that had hardly existed since Pope . |
| 4 | Clara did not mind the cold , for she liked anything that was not small and cramped and heartlessly cosy ; she liked the nameless multitudes that tramped mud on the cloakroom floors and left hairs in the cloakroom basins , and liked them because they were nameless , because they were not her mother and Alan and Arthur . |
| 5 | She liked the tender line of his lip : she could see now what he was thinking . |
| 6 | She liked the Hungarian manager with his charm and evident desire to please , his pride in his dining-room and linen and his unabashed pleasure at their pleasure ; so unlike the haughty anonymity of the Palast . |
| 7 | She liked her downstairs self too , she liked the unfamiliar familiarity , the bickerings and grievances , the small change of domestic life . |
| 8 | The chandeliers floating near the ceiling were a touch ornate for her taste , but she liked the huge wooden table stacked up with what looked like real fruit . |
| 9 | She liked the hard feel of the wood under her back . |
| 10 | She liked the reedy smell of them . |
| 11 | She shrugged , not sure if she liked the sudden gleam in his dark eyes . |
| 12 | ‘ I could get fat , ’ Claudia teased : she liked the relaxed atmosphere between them this morning and hoped it would continue , at least until they met up with Dana and Garry . |
| 13 | She liked the sizzling sound of the water as it hit the stones when someone threw it from the bucket . |
| 14 | She liked the reflected glory of her daughter 's being with such a famous star , and thought it could do nothing but good for the girl 's future in the theatre . |