liking

Converse of object

• take: Whenever anybody takes a liking to me, you snatch me away.
• express: Members of this group occasionally expressed a clear liking for an English term.
• develop: Maybe I will develop a liking for them now I have this super little gadget.
• have: You do seem to have a liking for metaphor in your films.
• share: They may or may not share a liking for each other, or the work.
• show: Pole fished pellet is the top method on Signal Pond with the Top Pond's tench showing a liking for corn or caster.

Adjective modifier

• instant: The audience took an instant liking to it, which was demonstrated by the gentle swaying of bodies.
• genuine: Please bear in mind that we will only agree to remix songs that we have a genuine liking for to begin with.
• particular: Sue writes: " Shaun is an avid reader with a particular liking for travel books.
• own: A being who cannot make a universe to his own liking is not God.
• great: All the teachers took a great liking to this, especially Ms Stopard who bought practically every type in the shop.
• strong: But he has combined his desire for more GDP with a strong liking for leveling.

Possessives

• everyone: Further down the line the going got muddy, not to everyone's liking.
• people: He spoke up for people with HIV, not always to other people's liking.
• everybody: Although the windless Saturday was not to everybody's liking, the weekend was a success and was closely contested.

Preposition: of

• mathematics: In contrast, particularly those who reported a liking of mathematics viewed these journeys as explorations or discoveries.

Preposition: for

• music: Or, just possibly, a liking for hard rock music.
• food: As a result they won't develop a taste or a liking for salty foods.
• salt: Our liking for salt is very much down to habit.