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Meanings of great liking in English

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Usage of great liking in English
1
For my own part I found no great liking for the moonlight.
The White Waterfall
2
They have a great liking for jobs and small indications of power.
The Upton Letters
3
Rogers had taken a great liking to John Stark and his followers.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
4
I took a great liking to him, though he had his faults.
Paddy Finn
5
Indeed, she'd taken a great liking to Lord Rivers's second son.
New york: the novel
6
She seemed to take a great liking to me right from the first.
Hell hath no fury
7
He met a girl, Nancy Harding, to whom he took a great liking.
The new yorker
8
Antipater had conceived a great liking for the sister of Appius.
Vergilius: A Tale of the Coming of Christ
9
Now I have taken a great liking to both you boys.
Through the Air to the North Pole / Or, The Wonderful Cruise of ...
10
He had acquired a great liking and respect for this well-balanced, taciturn woman.
The Lodger
11
He found Lemm there, and took a great liking to him.
Liza; Or, "A Nest of Nobles"
12
Before dinner was over, I felt a great liking for him.
Percival Keene
13
She had had, from the first, a great liking for Peter.
Fortitude
14
Nan had really grown into a great liking for George Gerry.
A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches
15
She had great liking, but not a particle of love, for Major Harper.
Agatha's Husband: A Novel
16
Bees show a great liking for blue, and ants for violet.
Chatterbox, 1905.
This collocation consists of:
Great liking through the time
Great liking across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare