Example sentences of "liked [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He liked seeing her like that , even although he was cowering under his coat collar trying to keep dry , still surprised at how easily it had gone at home . |
| 2 | Others liked to sell it by the ton ; measure it out after it had been trussed . |
| 3 | But he liked gripped me on the arm and then his hand would appear from nowhere during the concert , he like kind of rubbed my arm and are you alright ? |
| 4 | He quite liked to leave it to me . |
| 5 | Many right-wing back-bench critics of the government ( but supporters of Mrs Thatcher ) could voice their criticism without including her and liked to present her as a political prisoner of Cabinet ‘ Wets ’ . |
| 6 | Cliff liked to get her in a corner but she liked to sit in the middle . |
| 7 | The early industrialists were proud of their achievements and liked to have them in full view . |
| 8 | The train was n't late , and he got in , choosing as was his habit a seat on the side with a view of the sea , for the track ran along the Adriatic and he liked to have it in sight , the elating expanse , ringing bright in the sun . |
| 9 | We broke into the single , locked cupboard , and although we only found some new clothes and shoes with jewellery stuffed up inside the toes we assured each other that Aisha received money from her lover and liked leaving me in the house with the children because it made it easier to cheat on her husband . |
| 10 | She liked to show them to me about every three months , each time as if it was the first . |