Example sentences of "[verb] n't like [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't like to be deprived of her drama . |
| 2 | But she always came back to Haworth ; she did n't like to be with famous people very long . |
| 3 | I did n't like to be touched by almost anyone . |
| 4 | The solicitor laid a hand on his arm , making Edward wince : he did n't like to be touched . |
| 5 | He was bored , and Harry did n't like to be bored . |
| 6 | He did n't like to be away from the hacienda for long . |
| 7 | He did n't like to be bested . ’ |
| 8 | I have n't asked him , I did n't like to . |
| 9 | No I did n't like to but I just , do n't , do n't know him well enough . |
| 10 | Barry did n't like to be pressured . |
| 11 | What on earth do you think she meant by the incident she did n't like at the weekend ? " |
| 12 | Shelley was beginning to see something that she did n't like at all . |
| 13 | I 'll , I can endorse that by saying that we should n't , as I noticed a certain offhandedness with him that I did n't like at all . |
| 14 | But I did n't like at all the er excuses he made for his wife . |
| 15 | But er oh well Yeah this is what got me , I like the er the legs you know , the the backs I , I did n't like at all because you 've got this blue |
| 16 | But no , the kind of subtlety , the rubarto was , you know , that is very , the hallmark of Elgar they did n't like at all . |
| 17 | The Romans were known to have accused everybody they did n't like of having committed human sacrifice in the same way that nations have always labelled their enemies " Frogs " , or " Nignogs " , or " Argies " . |
| 18 | If we must only think " if " he met some accident while trying to investigate something he did n't like on one of the ships , he will have died while doing what he felt to be his duty , " I said . |
| 19 | Was there anything he did n't like about Toby ? ’ |
| 20 | That 's what I did n't like about computers ; you have to truckle . |
| 21 | No , what he did n't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk . |
| 22 | True , there were some things he did n't like about the Khedive 's regime , the patronage , the corruption , the inefficiency . |
| 23 | Because it suddenly occurs to me that I might have been left alone to get on with this assignment if my divisional head had n't beamed in on my activities and seen something she did n't like in my relationship with Rainbow . |
| 24 | The only thing we did n't like in there was two tins of tuna fish . |
| 25 | ‘ What I do n't like about swapping around is that while you 're playing one song you 're thinking about getting near the end and that you 're going to have to swap over very quickly . |
| 26 | And what you like about yourself and what you do n't like about yourself . ’ |
| 27 | What I do n't like about it is standing over the board , moving the iron back and forth . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll be standing at a bus stop and people will come up to me and tell me what they do and do n't like about fashion today ’ , he says . |
| 29 | Write a letter to the author of the book and say what you like and what you do n't like about it . |
| 30 | And the thing I do n't like about poets is , they never wear really decent hats . |