Example sentences of "people [verb] [not/n't] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was very sensitive and if she thought people did not like her or she thought her friends were ignoring her she became paranoid . ’ |
| 2 | It was a lonely , unfriendly place , where people did not like to stay for long . |
| 3 | He 'd once tried to explain to her that he was n't popular , that people did n't like him , but she would n't have it , so he 'd given up . |
| 4 | Whatever I did I was convinced that people did n't like me , and that if only I could be slim and keep that way with sensible eating habits , they would . |
| 5 | ‘ People did n't like his going around town with one after the other . ’ |
| 6 | I have seen ACE schemes that are doing very good work but are more or less driven out of the place they are in because people did n't like their faces , or for other reasons . |
| 7 | ‘ But people did n't like living the way the merchant wanted them to ; most mums and dads would n't serve their children rotten food , and hated having to pretend that they did . |
| 8 | But the post office people did n't like it again . |
| 9 | Baddiel , 27 , says : ‘ We were exonerated in that particular case but we have had a few letters saying people did n't like some of the jokes . |
| 10 | Some people did n't like me but everybody liked her , ’ says Italo , his hands alternately jabbing and caressing the air as he speaks . |
| 11 | but I do n't , I did n't like this if people did n't like what I , there was other women |
| 12 | There are elements of a vicious version of the hermeneutic circle involved : people do n't like poetry because they have n't read enough to come to terms with it , and they have n't read enough because they do n't like it . |
| 13 | Sometimes I think : if people do n't like the way I look , that 's their problem . |
| 14 | Obviously people do n't like to part with their heirlooms — it 's like parting with something of their existence , a sort of death in life . |
| 15 | But some people do n't like having the responsibility of doing their own thinking — they let the Church or television do it for them . |
| 16 | It is important to interview people from different age-groups — but a lot of people do n't like giving away their age ! |
| 17 | Some people do n't like others to get too close to them . |
| 18 | He thinks it 's because of the sausages that people do n't like him enough to ask him to tea ; but it is n't really . |
| 19 | The trouble is , when it is bad , people do n't like it . |
| 20 | Not everyone has the same tastes , remember — some people do n't like reading long text messages like those in Nythyhel , but perhaps it 's time for another game with a strong storyline . |
| 21 | People do n't like silence , they feel a need to fill it and in filling a silence often say things they regret . |
| 22 | This bore has a very unpleasant reputation and the local people do n't like going near the place at night especially as the rail traffic today has been considerably reduced . |
| 23 | You need to believe that these are sound , even if other people do n't like them . |
| 24 | If people do n't like jail , they should n't break the law . |
| 25 | Fumes can be smelly and some people do n't like the stoves sometimes flaring badly during lighting . |
| 26 | The first and foremost , most people do n't like using them , but secondly we 've already paid for this service in our rates and taxes , you know , when we pay our rates though , we pay for these toilets to be clean and all that sort of thing do n't we ? |
| 27 | People do n't like that . |
| 28 | People do n't like that ’ |
| 29 | Lots of people do n't like him , and some actively loathe him , but try to see the better side . |
| 30 | In Britain particularly , people do n't like serving and do n't serve well . |