Example sentences of "he like [be] " in BNC.

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1 He liked being with Steve and Paul because they were like his bit of rough .
2 She wanted to ask him if he liked being alone with her , as he was now , on the quiet seashore on a nice day , but naturally she did not .
3 Later , I asked Alec if he liked being perched so high .
4 The only kind of music he liked was sung music and of that he liked all sorts — opera , lieder , folk , country , rock , jazz , soul , the blues .
5 What he liked was order , which armies embody in peacetime but abandon in the field .
6 ‘ What he likes is specialised .
7 For his work with a host of musicians from Marian McPartland to Ruby Braff he has received many accolades , but one that we know he likes was made in the London Spectator recently : ‘ Tate turned out to be that rarity of rarities , a bass player whose contributions actually made musical sense .
8 ‘ I 'm not at all sure he likes being told . ’
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