Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] like [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard rather liked Willis 's pictures , and had got him to do a pen and wash drawing of Lord Jim . |
| 2 | I was already vegetarian , and Nigel just liked food . |
| 3 | ‘ All of the support that has been offered is fantastic and Zara really likes Chris ( Bradnam ) and his methods ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Mrs Diamond never liked Willy , I 'm afraid , ’ he said . |
| 5 | " He gave it on the condition that we cared for it and , although my husband already liked gardening , that was what started my interest " . |
| 6 | It rather looked like Her Maj quite liked Neil Kinnock . |
| 7 | Industrialists never liked financiers much , and established industrialists tried to have as little as possible to do with bankers . |
| 8 | He was a clever man and he wrote clever plays , but people still liked Will 's plays best . |
| 9 | Bill only likes H P beans and I give Maggie a tin of them seventeen P beans and I says throw the tin away before he sees it and he could n't tell the difference . |
| 10 | She could have taken herself off to the local Italian with her child and a book of her own , for Kate also likes reading though her tastes are less morbific . |
| 11 | If Jones has never heard of Tolstoy or read any of his books , it is meaningless to assert that Jones either likes Tolstoy as a writer or does not like Tolstoy as a writer . |
| 12 | Mr Searle also likes Quattro Pro for Windows ' object inspectors : dialogue boxes appear at the click of a mouse button to lead you step by step through all the options available in a particular context ; you do n't have to select umpteen menu options . |
| 13 | Hubert Gaily liked churchyards , they gave him a curious sense of well-being . |
| 14 | Our landlady obviously liked Christmas for she began to prepare good fare for us , with the help of her mentally retarded maid . |
| 15 | ‘ Why do the English not like salt ? ’ asked Eric Chevalier , chef at the beautiful Auberge du Val au Cesne , just south of Yvetot , where we were under his instruction on a Normandy Cookery Break . |
| 16 | Admiral Moorer also liked computers . |
| 17 | Sophia sighed but did not answer , for on such an occasion as this there was n't really time to go into whether Penelope particularly liked Rupert Stonebird or not or to embark on the sort of explanation that a man could n't be expected to understand . |
| 18 | Acid drinks like orange juice should not be taken in large quantities : it may be preferable to squeeze or liquidize fresh fruit and dilute it with plain water , if the patient particularly likes fruit juices . |
| 19 | Benny neither liked Eve nor disliked her . |
| 20 | Some of Kausmann 's female subjects did likewise , others actually liked washing ; some even ironed socks . |
| 21 | Lou Macari still likes horses . |
| 22 | Mother always liked things to look good . |
| 23 | Harriet quite likes Nativity set but informs me it is not Baby Jesus but Princess Lucinda . |