Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [adv] like the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not altogether like the sound of this . |
| 2 | Lucie did not even like the mention of miracles . |
| 3 | She did not really like The Soldier 's Tale ( ‘ I was all into swans and tutus ’ , she explained ) but was impressed by the duet for the soldier and the Scarlet Woman . |
| 4 | She did not quite like the way he kept calling her by her name ; there was a humorous inflection on the three liquid syllables as though he found the name funny . |
| 5 | It was plain then that we did not much like the French way . |
| 6 | Tom did not much like the long train journey through Harrow and Northwood and Wembley down to Baker Street , and the changing and the waiting . |
| 7 | So they greeted her with comforts and praise , and said they liked the colour , and Janice lent her a necklace ; Clara did not much like the necklace either , for it was made of large artificial pearls , and she secretly suspected the donor of malicious intent in offering such a loan , but she put it on just the same , and ignored her suspicions , and allowed herself to be comforted , because she wished to be comforted , and because it was too late to get out of going . |
| 8 | Like some others of his generation around the Shah , he did not much like the Queen . |
| 9 | ‘ I know you did n't m-much like the p-play . |
| 10 | She did n't exactly like the situation , but it was no big deal for her . |
| 11 | He did n't even like the people or the god of their cult . |
| 12 | They did n't even like the editorial , which had been written by Packford on half a bottle of Scotch . |
| 13 | Dad did n't even like the Capellan at the museum , the one in the diorama , and he had a smile like a great big teddy bear . |
| 14 | Commander Abigail did n't even like the area : it caused him shame and guilt to consider it , he tried not to think about it . |
| 15 | I did n't particularly like the name at first — I got called things like Stew and Stew-Pot at school — but I 've got used to it . |
| 16 | She did n't particularly like the tent style , but there was the future to think of . |
| 17 | He did n't really like the way she called him Nigel — it was as if he was a stranger . |
| 18 | I did n't really like the way the other boys treated him . |
| 19 | I did n't really like the people at OUCA [ the Oxford University Conservative Association ] , they just struck me as spotty spods . ’ |
| 20 | Did n't really like the Pitts . |
| 21 | I was offered a cleaning job that I did n't much like the look of so I left quietly before the final curtain . |
| 22 | I do n't know why , but I did n't much like the look of him . |
| 23 | The people who did seem to be enjoying things ( although they did n't much like the film ) were those who , unlike Jane , were there on their own terms . |
| 24 | All I can remember is that I did n't much like the food , but I ate obediently and probably out of fear of giving offence . |
| 25 | Lyn did n't much like the old man who kept the shop . |
| 26 | He did n't much like the thought himself . |
| 27 | Rose and Mary were for once showing a united front and refused to leave the kitchen because they did n't quite like the way the young women from the town who had come to be waitresses were poking and prying into their cupboards with their noses in the air . |