Example sentences of "liked [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others liked to sell it by the ton ; measure it out after it had been trussed . |
| 2 | He quite liked to leave it to me . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Cliff liked to get her in a corner but she liked to sit in the middle . |
| 5 | The early industrialists were proud of their achievements and liked to have them in full view . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She liked to show them to me about every three months , each time as if it was the first . |