Example sentences of "they do [not/n't] like [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while these women were not displeased with the role of housewife they did not like housework , despite the fact that this was what they spent most of their time doing . |
| 2 | They did not like Vine , recognizing that the Major despised them as a lumpen , dull ugly mass , but the men themselves knew better ; they were Wellington 's infantry , the finest of the best , and they were marching east and south to where a pall of gun-smoke was forming like a dark cloud over a far crossroads and to where the guns cleared their throats to beckon men to battle . |
| 3 | Cos they did n't like beef . |
| 4 | And they do n't like speed because they think it is not a pleasant stuff to sniff . |
| 5 | ‘ The only reason they 're kicking up a stink is because they do n't like rave music . ’ |
| 6 | They do n't like ambiguity or loose ends . |
| 7 | ‘ They do n't like rain . ’ |
| 8 | But if they do n't like hill life — and many do n't — they 're beaten and tortured for attempting to return . |
| 9 | It 's like expecting the class system to change once the workers have explained to the ruling class why they do n't like poverty ; or racism to go away once blacks have made clear why they find it oppressive . |
| 10 | It is clear from the remarks of Labour Members that they do not like change , even though they have no ideas about what should be done to improve the education system . |
| 11 | What the critics , of the trade unions and managements alike , are really saying is this : that they do not like normality with all its faults . |