Example sentences of "liked [to-vb] at the " in BNC.

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1 She liked to look at the dreadful toxins through the jewelled prison of their coloured glass bottles : ruby red , peridot green , indigo blue .
2 She liked to look at the visitors as they arrived and try to match them with the patients .
3 We were talking earlier , and I understand you liked to ride at the weekends , and you 're often competing on your horse , er , ha , if you were to have a fall , and erm , you had a back injury , or erm , you sustained an injury that would you keep you from work for a substantial amount of time , er , how would you feel , would you be able to pay your premiums ?
4 I wonder if he left two minutes in hand , like me , to get from the barrier to a compartment level with the Greenwich exit , or three , or five , or whether he liked to arrive at the very last moment and leave a slight uncertainty in the air .
5 Stanford could turn you out an impeccable paragraph on any subject you liked to name at the drop of a hat .
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