Example sentences of "but she liked " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose 's mother was not reassured by Maggie 's answers but she liked her and did n't want to endanger their young presences about the house . |
| 2 | But she liked Mrs Hollidaye . |
| 3 | But she liked being taken care of , without being smothered . |
| 4 | Cliff liked to get her in a corner but she liked to sit in the middle . |
| 5 | She did n't like the Nazis , but she liked their money . |
| 6 | But she liked the money , and the new house , and the new dresses — and the six fields of apple trees and the big farm north of Stratford that came a few years later . |
| 7 | ‘ She could n't stand any of the girls , but she liked to think of Syl hauling them in . |
| 8 | Joe Fitzgerald was so much older and moved in a different circle , and on the few occasions that Sarah had seen him he had shown no interest in her , but she liked him and knew that he enjoyed reading and poetry as much as she did . |
| 9 | The chandeliers floating near the ceiling were a touch ornate for her taste , but she liked the huge wooden table stacked up with what looked like real fruit . |
| 10 | Dear Mrs Woodward … she was a neighbour who did n't really need to send presents at all but she liked the girls and had n't any children of her own . |
| 11 | She presumed he meant they had not expected her , but she liked the ambiguity in his English . |
| 12 | She was not a very good pianist , but she liked children and she enjoyed her work . |
| 13 | As a lover , he had bored her , but she liked the idea of his having to steel himself to visit her in the filthy venue she had chosen for their affair . |
| 14 | She liked them to come , but she liked them to go . |