Example sentences of "liked it or " in BNC.

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1 It was starting to look as though , whether I liked it or not , I simply might not survive .
2 I was going to be moved whether I liked it or not .
3 Mick Ronson , Woody Woodmansey and myself would be making backing tracks , having got the brief from David — it was E chord for 16 bars then an A chord for 4 bars and a B chord for 2 bars — and we were just banging out these backing tracks , and David would come into the studio , if we could tear him away from Angela for long enough and say whether he liked it or not .
4 The year 1962 had not been a good one for Macmillan : his domestic policies had started to go awry ; the application to join the EEC was unpopular ; his showing in the opinion polls had slumped to 36 per cent ; in July he had sacked one-third of his cabinet , fearing a revolt against his leadership ; in October he was seen to play little part in the Cuban missile crisis , in which Kennedy alone took the decisions that could have drawn Britain , whether she liked it or not , into nuclear war between the superpowers ; and in December it was becoming clear that de Gaulle was blocking the EEC entry negotiations .
5 At the time when Shanti was preoccupied with the subject of identity , she expressed the thought that she had n't any choice in the matter : we had taken her whether she liked it or not .
6 So , whether I liked it or not , there was nothing for it but to face the rocks .
7 Napoleon simplified the great patchwork quilt of minor German states and principalities , swallowed up a series of Free Cities , abolished a series of Church states and pushed the Germans into modern Europe , whether they liked it or not .
8 Danzig found that whether it liked it or not , its life was dominated by Poland .
9 The man who collected the sewer rates in Bishopsgate was quick.to notice a change of ownership at no. 77 ; striking out ‘ Joseph Ready ’ in his book , he substituted ‘ Titford ’ instead — that would cost W. C. T. 6s. 8d. per annum , whether he liked it or not .
10 Whether Nadirpur liked it or not , it would be impossible to keep either the British or the French police out of the affair .
11 To my dismay , the residents ' lounge was full of people and one man was addressing the company , whether they liked it or not , with an account of his mountaineering adventures .
12 Well , whoever the Substitute turned out to be , he was going to be got out of bed at quarter to six whether he liked it or not .
13 Janine was marrying Roy Ryan whether he liked it or not .
14 He was followed in the same debate by a junior who informed the representative body that even if we did not vote for the juniors ' motion a solution would be imposed by the Department of Health in conjunction with the juniors whether we liked it or not .
15 There would be a wedding whether she liked it or not .
16 That meant they had to stay out all night whether she liked it or not .
17 With EMI or CBS you knew exactly where you stood , whether you liked it or not .
18 Whether he liked it or not , this despicable old man was dependent on his stepson .
19 The two members of staff were still debating the issue of whether he should be bathed and shaved , whether he liked it or not , when I left .
20 They knew what he was referring to , and Kate resolved that whether Stephen liked it or not she was going to tell Mrs Blakey .
21 Whether they liked it or not , they became your accomplices ; Lady Eleanor 's death was made so confusing , no one would ever discover the truth . ’
22 As far as she knew , Alain was going back to Paris in the afternoon and she was going with him , whether he liked it or not !
23 ‘ I was very surprised at Mr Fee 's statement but your story was true whether he liked it or not . ’
24 Whether Crawford liked it or not , critics and audiences found it difficult to watch this new character without Frank Spencer and his other previous creations in the back of their minds .
25 around about it , like whether we liked it or not , whether he was , it was a good thing to have had it , we should have been better not to have had it with the situation at the time , you know , that kind of mulling over might be
26 I think that is the case , doubly so considering the discussion yesterday where we saw , that whether some of the districts liked it or not there is going to be development in excess of the projected figures in their relevant districts over the plan period .
27 He was in the courtyard , unfastening a pair of skis , his jet-black ski-suit moulding itself to his body in a way that drew her glance whether she liked it or not .
28 I was gon na save you some apple pie , I did n't know whether you liked it or er rabbit pie I mean , I did n't know whether you liked it or not
29 I was gon na save you some apple pie , I did n't know whether you liked it or er rabbit pie I mean , I did n't know whether you liked it or not
30 eat , i if they liked it or not is n't it ?
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