Example sentences of "my [noun] likes " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My mistress likes him , but then all the ladies do . |
| 2 | My mum likes sherry , so I know the smell . |
| 3 | My Mum likes baked beans , yeah . |
| 4 | William James , for example , dedicated Pragmatism to J. S. Mill ‘ from whom I first learned the pragmatic openness of mind and whom my fancy likes to picture as our leader ’ . |
| 5 | Amanda , paralysed with fright , managed to stutter , ‘ My m-m-mummy likes them . |
| 6 | One Sikh woman in Southall told me ‘ My husband likes me to use make-up and I myself like it too . |
| 7 | My husband likes to poke about in the woods . |
| 8 | ‘ My husband likes the … the quiet of Pook 's Common . |
| 9 | I HAVE always known , ever since we first met , that my husband likes women with long hair . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's a personal friend , and my wife likes him . |
| 11 | ‘ In the afternoon my wife likes to go out and look around car boot sales . |
| 12 | ‘ My wife likes to get out to Redcar , but we 'll be able to go less often now . |
| 13 | But he phoned up to order it and said oh my wife likes these soppy things , he bought it , I did n't . |
| 14 | ‘ The one thing my father likes about me , or rather about the only thing he is n't directly rude about , is my hair ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ My lord likes to know everything about his tenants , Jack . |
| 16 | It 's well organised and nice and my daughter likes it . |
| 17 | ‘ My dad likes making models and playing football . |
| 18 | See my dad likes videos and things like that but he wa he , I know he likes aftershave , he likes that Old Spice and that so I thought well I 'll get him something like that or I thought I sort of saw cos I 'm going shopping Saturday , I 'm trying to get it all Saturday if I can . |
| 19 | I shall tear out your soul , and carry it away to the Prison of Hostages , and then perhaps the Conablaiche will come to tear out your heart , for there is nothing my Master likes so well as a warm heart , a Mortal heart , still beating , fresh and running with blood and juices … |
| 20 | My mother likes housework — she 's a great housewife , very clean . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not sentimental , and nor am I flattered by having my photo in a newspaper , but my mother likes that sort of thing , so I 'm sending one to her in England , ’ she snapped , and hesitated perceptibly before continuing . |
| 22 | ‘ My mother likes to prepare meals all by herself . |
| 23 | My boyfriend likes me to dress well . ’ |
| 24 | My stepfather likes these wild people , and they can come and go where they like . |