1 Everyone liked my father-he was the perfect gentleman.

2 We saw several houses but none we really liked.

3 He sneered at people who liked pop music.

4 I didn't think you liked sports.

5 I could eat what I liked without getting fat.

6 Dan's never liked card games.

7 He liked to sing hymns as he worked.

8 Everybody liked him but none more than I.

9 He always liked to subordinate others' effect.

10 She liked the dress that buttons down the back.

11 I never liked long walks, especially in winter.

12 He liked to fantasize that he had won a gold medal.

13 She trapped him into a situation that he liked her.

14 She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.

15 I'd have liked to have gone but I wasn't invited.

16 He laboured under the constant misapprehension that nobody liked him.

17 I liked him enormously and was sorry when he left.

18 She liked to be home to greet Steve when he came in from school.

19 I liked them both.

20 Ford was a respecter of proprieties and liked to see things done properly.

21 He liked to think of himself as an avenging angel fighting for justice.

22 I liked the film but the book was rather heavy going.

23 He was quite humorous,[] and I liked that about him.

24 She liked to pull her rank on her inferior.

25 She commented to me that she liked it.

26 We really liked the film.

27 It was an age of conspicuous consumption — those who had money liked to display it.

28 As for me, if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.

29 My son was a quiet and gentle man who liked sports and enjoyed life.

30 Just because people wagered on the Yankees did not mean that they liked them.

1 Everyone liked my father-he was the perfect gentleman.

2 We saw several houses but none we really liked.

3 He sneered at people who liked pop music.

4 I didn't think you liked sports.

5 I could eat what I liked without getting fat.

6 Dan's never liked card games.

7 He liked to sing hymns as he worked.

8 Everybody liked him but none more than I.

9 He always liked to subordinate others' effect.

10 She liked the dress that buttons down the back.

11 I never liked long walks, especially in winter.

12 It was an age of conspicuous consumption — those who had money liked to display it.

13 She trapped him into a situation that he liked her.

14 She liked to sunbathe in the seclusion of her own garden.

15 I'd have liked to have gone but I wasn't invited.

16 He laboured under the constant misapprehension that nobody liked him.

17 My son was a quiet and gentle man who liked sports and enjoyed life.

18 I liked him enormously and was sorry when he left.

19 She liked to be home to greet Steve when he came in from school.

20 I liked them both.

21 Ford was a respecter of proprieties and liked to see things done properly.

22 He liked to think of himself as an avenging angel fighting for justice.

23 I liked the film but the book was rather heavy going.

24 He was quite humorous, and I liked that about him.

25 Just because people wagered on the Yankees did not mean that they liked them.

26 He liked the bitter taste of the ale.

27 The Romans liked watching chariot racing.

31 He specially liked the pie.

32 What he liked best about scouting was camping out.

33 She always liked to strike a noble pose.

34 Och aye. I always liked him.

35 They liked their churches to be unadorned.

36 She liked to putter in the kitchen.

37 That interfering old cow has never liked me.

38 He's never liked talking about people behind their backs.

39 The waiters liked him for being a big tipper.

40 I liked it in America to begin with.

41 I liked children, loved their innocence and their inquisitiveness.

42 She never liked to be reminded of the past.

43 He'd have liked to have been an actor.

44 I liked the concerto for its natural flow.

45 I liked him from our first meeting.

46 Toby would have liked to inquire further .

47 He liked to play a few holes after work.

48 She liked to spend Saturday afternoon shopping.

49 I liked to meander through familiar streets.

50 He has always liked working with machinery.

51 I liked her approach to the problem.

52 She liked to hunt as often as she could.

53 I never liked her nohow.

54 They liked to go dancing every Saturday night.

55 She liked the heavy drape of velvet.

56 I have never liked flying by night.

57 She is liked by the whole neighbourhood.

58 They liked it better when it rained.

59 Best of all I liked the green one.

60 He's well liked by people in the community.

61 He is a simple and well liked man.

62 Judging by her reaction, she liked the present.

63 Jim liked the rhythm of agricultural life.

64 She liked to fan out.

65 The children really liked the museum, specially the dinosaurs.

66 He liked to kid Ingrid a lot.

67 He had great charm, everyone liked him.

68 He liked to be hemmed around by the reporters.

69 I've never liked her and I never shall.

70 He liked to hi-fi when having supper.

71 The children were allowed to do whatever they liked.

72 She liked him above all for his effortless charm.

73 I've never liked that cousin of hers.

74 With all her faults he still liked her.

75 He liked the bitter taste of the ale.

76 Mother liked it best when Daniel got money.

77 Your lecture came across very well; everyone liked it.

78 Robin never really liked him at all.

79 He liked Max, and sympathized with his ambitions.

80 He liked to kibitz a card game.

81 I knew that Alan liked the odd drink.

82 She had a nasty tongue, but I liked her.

83 The Romans liked watching chariot racing.

84 He liked reading to his grandchildren.

85 He liked the club and bought himself in.

86 Here's a new idea we liked the sound of.

87 He liked to think of himself as a liberal.

88 I par-ticularly liked the wooden chests and chairs.

89 She liked me, I think.

90 He liked me and I felt comfortable with him.

91 He liked to look for shells on the seashore.

92 I would have liked a life in politics.

93 His need to be liked obviously springs from a deep-rooted insecurity.

94 He liked to think of himself as a bit of a bohemian.

95 We liked the hotel so much that we're going there again this year.

96 The children liked to stir the cake about, making a wish.

97 We would have liked to print your letter in the newspaper, but it was crowded out by important news.

98 The offer was that you could have any three items of clothing you liked for £30.

99 He took the job because he liked the work. Money didn't come into the equation.

100 "The table that I liked best was about so wide, " she said, holding her arms out a metre and a half.

101 Pearl didn't mind his reticence; in fact she liked it.

102 She wasn't entirely sincere when she said she liked me.

103 I had a good brain and the teachers liked me.

104 We would have liked to invite all our relatives, but you have to draw the line somewhere.

105 The President liked to go to Williamsburg, a place close to his heart.

106 He liked to fantasise that he had won a gold medal.

107 Ted hated parties, even gatherings of people he liked individually.

108 On a railway journey Mrs. Johnson liked to sit facing toward the engine.

109 He thought that all women liked children, but she soon disabused him of that .

110 She had laboured under the misconception that Bella liked her.

111 She had this absolute conviction that what she liked others would like.

112 The girls fell in love with Dublin on previous visits. They said that what they liked was the buzz about the place.

113 She has never liked parties[/liked.html], as she doesn't mix in very easily.

114 She didn't know anything about music but she liked to sing.

115 He was given carte blanche to say what he liked in the report.

116 Jeanne liked Simon as a friend but she did not want the relationship to deepen.

117 She liked to butter up every new boss she had.

118 She's never liked swimming.

119 I started working hard for the first time in my life. To my surprise, I found I liked it.

120 I liked her coat and she liked mine, so we swapped.

121 Having said how much she liked it, she then proceeded to criticize the way I'd done it.

122 I find it quite astonishing that none of you liked the play.

123 After a number of false starts, she finally found a job she liked.

124 The judge liked using the word 'wicked' of people he had sent to jail.

125 Angela liked to rest during the heat of the day .

126 I had the good fortune to work with people I liked.

127 Jean liked to go for a swim first thing in the morning .

128 I liked her way of reassuring you with a squeeze of the hand.

129 Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of contemporary music they liked best.

130 I liked the deluxe edition, but I could afford only a second best.

131 She liked the head in her office with whom she stood in.

132 I've always liked him.

133 I've never liked these glasses of Peter's. I might drop them one day - accidentally on purpose.

134 I have always liked Sue and I don't intend to stop now.

135 The steak was just how he liked - pink, juicy and marbled with fat.

136 He liked polishing the furniture and making everything just so.

137 He liked to shock with his gold chains and loud clothes.

138 He liked the wide open spaces of the Australian countryside.

139 I don't think they liked my idea. At any rate, they weren't very enthusiastic about it.

140 Mary has quickly entrenched herself in the new company, and is liked by all.

140 try its best to gather and make good sentences.

141 The more I thought about it, the less I liked the idea.

142 What she liked in him was his evenness of temper.

143 He liked scoring off his pupils in his days as a teacher.

144 This is something I should have liked to ask you.

145 He liked also being seen and being congratulated on growing up such a fine looking and fortunate young fellow, for he was not the youth to hide his light under a bushel.

146 People liked seeing their friendly local/neighbourhood bobby on his beat.

147 They liked to watch the children paddling in the stream.

148 The thing I liked best about the show was the music.

149 As a child Juliana had a lovely nature - everyone liked her.

150 John liked him because he was a nervy guy and would go out and shoot anybody who John wanted him to shoot.

151 We liked both houses, but price was the deciding factor.

152 I have always liked understated clothes — simple shapes which take a lot of hard work to get right.

153 I think she really would have liked to stop us seeing each other.

154 She liked to steal when she went shopping in the supermarket.

155 I know Ian said he liked her singing, but he was only being polite .

156 To be quite truthful with you, Betty, I never really liked the man.

157 Nobody liked his conclusions but the obverse was equally unattractive.

158 What he liked about the car was its clean lines.

159 Before the artist finished his work he liked to give it another brush.

160 The only part of the meal I really liked was the dessert.

161 Archie liked to think he kept up with current slang.

162 Would it be true to say that you've never liked Jim?

163 Apropos of nothing, he suddenly asked me if I liked cats!

164 They had to lower their sights and buy a smaller house than they would have liked.

165 She liked to dance but felt awkward if someone was watching her.

166 I was afraid of her, but at the same time I really liked her.

167 They liked the look of the hotel, but it was too expensive.

168 Rose has never liked parties, as she doesn't mix in easily.

169 He liked the ribbing on the cuffs of the sweater.

170 He liked the second series and I thought it was a load of crap.

170 is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.

171 She would have liked to ask questions, but he had moved on to another topic.

172 Claudia would have liked to refuse , but she didn't dare.

173 I liked her coat and she liked mine, so we swopped.

174 Our doctor, who/whom we all liked very much, retired last week. This pattern is not used very much in spoken English.

175 The ladies of Berne liked to patronize the Palace for tea and little cakes.

176 I'd have liked the job but I suppose you can't win 'em all.

177 I told a lie when I said I liked her haircut.

178 He liked her well enough but he wasn't going to make a close friend of her.

179 Nine out of ten people said they liked the product.

180 After a long hunt we finally found a house we liked.

181 He liked to introduce himself with a witty opening line.

182 I liked working for him - he was a neat guy.

183 Goodness knows, I've never liked the woman, but I didn't know how bad it would be to work with her.

184 One of the parents was a most obnoxious character. No-one liked him.

185 They would have liked bare wooden floors throughout the house.

186 I liked his last movie better.

187 I liked her neat phraseology.

188 You know how he always liked to bet.

189 I liked the way people admired and indulged them.

190 Lara liked the drawing and asked about its source.

191 He certainly liked spangly jackets.

192 She did not want to be liked or admired.

193 A: I always liked to draw.

194 Paquita and I had always liked each other, but I knew she would have preferred me to be more conventional.

195 He used a solid rich surface of paint and liked the simplified shapes produced by artificial lighting.

196 The wild ancestors of our domestic cats liked to eat freshly killed prey - they were not scavengers.

197 Whether they liked him or not, Johnson was an awfully good reflection on them.

198 I found acceptance in my music, so -- no matter what I was -- they liked my music.

199 I liked thinking about him and his two daughters, about the birthday cards and telephone calls.

200 I honestly believe that some of these people really liked us.

200 is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.

201 And I said I wished I could go and sniff the various scents to see which I liked best.

202 Although he liked to be admired for his prowess, he didn't like male-talk of that kind.

203 If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing. Margaret Thatcher 

204 Now, in the solace of the night, with its bullies and angry words and fists absent, I liked it.

205 He started telling me about school, and I asked him what he liked about it.

206 He liked George Birkitt and thought he was a good actor.

207 Uncle Bill was a bachelor, and I liked biding with him best.

208 The thing I liked best about Teravainen was that he was consumed with factual accuracy.

209 I'd have liked best of all to have stuffed his mouth with hay.

210 In fact, he'd always liked the house better when Dale wasn't in it.

211 I liked the couch better the way you had it a minute ago.

212 He liked gentlemen to behave as he expected them to behave.

213 This grizzly liked people.

214 Wants to be liked and likes to hang around and curry favour with teacher.

215 Therefore he was free to behave as irresponsibly as he liked without fear of hurting me or our child.

216 I always liked to go with what I wanted to do.

217 See has always liked to buy direct from California farmers.

218 My Dad was a kinda bluesy player and so I liked that.

219 She liked nothing better than a nice slow walk round a cemetery as a rule.

220 And he ... Well, he enjoyed every moment of it, as though he liked nothing better than a brawl.

221 What I liked best about Happy was that she had no father.

222 Nowadays he liked nothing better than drinking rather too much with journalists, and chewing the fat.

223 He liked Renwick personally, admired him professionally, but there were limits to what could be done.

224 Boyle has always liked to play circus barker for life's extremes, and what better freak show than the environmental apocalypse?

225 Mervyn liked best to work alone, in the open air, and was very observant.

226 And local officials liked it because it promised to enlarge the tax base and revitalize declining downtown areas.

227 I would have liked to stick the tree together with glue, to lift those orange berries from the dust.

228 I have never liked to be at anybody's beck and call.

229 Jamie must have liked the way Eva tidied it, because he has not yet pulled the place apart.

230 She liked a glass of beer and thought I should too.

230

231 She liked to stick around, see the results, maybe enjoy some off-camera larks in the back office.

232 I went around for a time speaking with Mrs Roosevelt at one honorable drive after another, and she liked me.

233 Everybody liked grandmotherly Barbara Bush, who kept her wicked barbs private and mostly stayed out of public political combat.

234 Packford was an active member of his local Labour Party, sympathetic to the idea of the paper, and liked Keith.

235 He was also liked by his employees, who always felt Clark had their best interests at heart.

236 Gregory liked Guntram because of his benefactions to the Church and his regard for churchmen, although he does not hide his weaknesses.

237 Mrs. Archer was a shy woman and shrank from society; but she liked to be well-informed as to its doings.

238 He liked to give job applicants timed tests containing 150 questions dealing with science, history, engineering, and other subjects.

239 The judges liked the pumpkin pie from Gayle's Bakery best.

240 What she liked about the shop was that it was open for business on every day of the year.

241 Said she liked to walk in the rain and eat peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches.

242 There was a simplicity about the small apartment that I liked.

243 He liked to keep the story of his life ambiguous.

244 He liked to wear his fleecy tracksuit next to bare skin.

245 But now she was an avid reader who liked nothing better than to haunt old bookstores.

246 She would have liked to believe Fen meant that he was irresistibly attracted to her, despite all his resolutions.

247 You don't have to be good at something to be liked. Stephen Richards 

248 It is a bit anthemic and I've never liked groups of that kind.

249 It was all in the knees, he said, and he had liked to ski in better times.

250 I went, I tried the game, and I liked it straight off, even though I kept missing the ball.

251 She soon discovered that he had a remarkable aptitude for learning words, especially if he liked them.

252 I recognized that what I liked in Dad and Charlie was their insistence on standing apart.

253 Like those pelicans, he had always been respectful and half afraid of the ocean but liked to come near it.

254 He always liked it when she wore a certain shade of lipstick, coral, not cherry.

255 Some of them just want to go back to places they liked while they were still alive.

256 In college she had liked his clipping service; now she seemed only amused by it.

257 But he liked the Master and admired the vigour of his leadership.

258 I remember that I liked ice skating on the flooded baseball field in winter.

259 I liked being recognized in the pub afterwards, and made myself conspicuous in case anyone wanted my autograph.

260 Mould a little bird for the top of the hutch, if liked, from brown fondant trimmings.

261 A world that would be liked by contemporary people which do not always bear scrutiny.

262 I wondered what would have happened if I had told him that I was bisexual or that I liked little girls.

263 But she never liked Haworth, I am sure of that.

264 The Islamists liked his reference to Turkey's Muslim identity.

265 The boys liked to skip stones on the lake.

266 He liked the Secretary no better than his assistant.

267 Her morning was an exercise in indecision. She tried on everything in her closet but couldn't remember what he'd liked.

268 The tea was darkly amber, the way he liked it.

269 Beatrice, who liked not to be left out of any discourse, interrupted Benedick with saying.

270 She would have liked to tell him to butt out.

271 As a youngster, Joe sometimes liked to be whirled by another boy until he was staggering.

272 What he liked to do was to take an idea and wrestle it by finding every possible consequence.