Example sentences of "[adv] liked be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This meant some easing of the burden , which he liked , but it also meant that he was not Prime Minister , which he also liked being , that he did not have Chequers , for which his affection was second only to that of MacDonald , and that his salary as Lord President was £2000 instead of the £5000 which Secretaries of State as well as the Prime Minister were paid . |
| 3 | There he became a world champion in a year filled with controversy and difficulty and there he learned that he neither really liked being world champion ( it was inhibiting ) nor really driving fast cars as fast as he was expected to ( they were thoroughly frightening ) . |
| 4 | I wanted to get away from the boring white theme , but the only dress I really liked was one by David Fielden which had white fur and beading . |
| 5 | What he really liked was the administration . ’ |
| 6 | But what I really liked was his face and we have been together for around five years . |
| 7 | I quite liked being on my own , most of the time . ’ |
| 8 | I really quite liked being a cabby . |
| 9 | Her heart steadied and , deciding that she quite liked being teased by him , she smiled . |