Example sentences of "liked be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I indicated that legal action was , in my view , inappropriate in respect of what was a rather feeble attempt at satire , and the importance of the programme would be enhanced to an absurd extent if anyone depicted in it took it seriously , but none of us liked being ridiculed . |
| 2 | Edith had the Gallic guts to speak the truth : she liked being seen as a sex object . |
| 3 | She had chosen the book because it was the kind of volume she liked being seen around with , thick , classic and Russian . |
| 4 | I liked being recognized in the pub afterwards , and made myself conspicuous in case anyone wanted my autograph . |
| 5 | This was not the first time Alice had caught suggestions that Jasper liked being bound over — needed the edge it put on life . |
| 6 | But he always liked being asked for his opinion : it made him feel important and he had never understood why people needed to go on assertiveness courses . |
| 7 | Her most beguiling quality was her air of dreamy detachment ; she liked being kissed , and kissed them back with mobile lips and a tantalisingly timid tongue , but at the end of a hectic hour of necking , when her partner would be scarlet-faced , sore-lipped and aching with frustrated desire , she was maddeningly serene . |
| 8 | But she liked being taken care of , without being smothered . |
| 9 | Her heart steadied and , deciding that she quite liked being teased by him , she smiled . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you liked being left on your own . ’ |
| 11 | Later , I asked Alec if he liked being perched so high . |
| 12 | 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 . |