Liked

Examples

• Miss Mills had a wonderful flow of words, and liked to pour them out. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I don't remember much about it, except that I was afraid of the cellar and the dark entry, and always liked the cake and milk we had up at the top. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I would be quiet if he liked, and as to talking rationally, I flattered myself I was doing that now. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Everyone greeted him kindly, for Jo's sake at first, but very soon they liked him for his own. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He had liked Karkov but not the place. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Consols; for so it was that Becky felt the Vanity of human affairs, and it was in those securities that she would have liked to cast anchor. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I didn't think you would; and I want, more than ever, to be liked, now Julia Mills is gone. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I had never liked Sir Percival, but the manner in which he left Lady Glyde made me feel ashamed of having eaten his bread and lived in his service. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He then became a little more practical than I liked, first taking hold of my hand, and next kissing me by force. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He covered with his hand the upper part of his face, but did not conceal his mouth, where I saw hovering an expression I liked. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I rather liked it, said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But I liked my presents, and I wanted more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We should have liked so much to have seen and thanked our host. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• When I became Joe's 'prentice, Orlick was perhaps confirmed in some suspicion that I should displace him; howbeit, he liked me still less. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He rather liked him for it; and he was conscious of his own irritability of temper at the time, which probably made them both quits. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I'd ha' liked to plump down aboard of him, neck and crop, with a heavy jump, and sunk him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He did not leave the stile, and I hardly liked to ask to go by. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Now confess, Master Copperfield, that you haven't liked me quite as I have liked you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I liked it much better than that of my father, but still had a hankering for the sea. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But he liked it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Suppose now it were possible he liked me after all! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It was ridiculous enough to have a stranger coming over to marry me, whether he liked it or not. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But that she held George's hand in her own, perhaps she would have liked to change places with. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It cannot answer to be eccentric; you should think what will be generally liked, said Rosamond, in a decided little tone of admonition. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It wasn't liked in the yard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But Mr. Bulstrode was taken so ill at the meeting on Thursday that I have not liked to leave the house. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Notwithstanding my late boast about not fearing a showerI hardly liked to go out under this waterspout. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I remember when you liked 'em though, answered the husband. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Tarzan would have liked to subdue the ugly beast without recourse to knife or arrows. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I will do it, Kyrion, said Alexandros, who liked this scheme immensely; and then I can escape down the cliff. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

Checked by Jerome