Example sentences of "[verb] n't like [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing I did n't like was the monotonous khaki wool . |
| 2 | What he did n't like was the way some of them looked at him as a potential John . |
| 3 | One bit of the letter I did n't like was the comment about strengthening the 1979 Act which , more properly should be abolished altogether . |
| 4 | The only thing I did n't like was being called ‘ Porky ’ . |
| 5 | It starts off one of the first things we did n't like was the title . |
| 6 | Er , the only one I did n't like was erm but she looked quite so Claire would call . |
| 7 | He did n't like being alone with his Dad . |
| 8 | Nigel did n't like being lumped in with prisoners and mad women in this way . |
| 9 | But she did n't like being called a machine , even an efficient one . |
| 10 | Donald , who did n't like being so rudely woken up and then bumped about , yelled at the top of his voice . |
| 11 | Most of all she did n't like being too far from town to join a Brownie Guide Pack — and even now , when she looked like being able to get into the town , she could n't join the Brownie Pack ! |
| 12 | ‘ But you did n't like being at home , ’ said Breeze gently . |
| 13 | But he did n't like being imprisoned any more than me and one night made off across the wire with a pal of his , disposing of a sentry along the way . |
| 14 | He and Nell were agreeing that after the scene the actors would leave again ( all except Giles-the-murderer ) , even though they did n't like being banished all the time and were complaining about it . |
| 15 | On–y the other day she was saying to me that people with no parents did n't like being asked questions . ’ |
| 16 | Zero , 25 , a self-proclaimed otaku , flunked out of the maths department at Tokyo 's Keio University because he did n't like being ordered around by teachers to whom he felt superior . |
| 17 | I knew that Niki had not been happy at Ferrari , that he found the pressure of the Italian press and of Italians in general something abhorrent , that he did n't like being attacked in that country 's three sporting dailies as a failure , and that he found the byzantine intricacies of Ferrari 's Maranello a bit hard to take . |
| 18 | I disliked these two intensely and did n't like being told off for being rude to them , so I told her peevishly that I was n't staying while they were there and kicked off the slippers , put on my clogs and ran out banging the door behind me . |
| 19 | ‘ He had been shown the yellow card and the referee had had a word with him and although he did n't like being substituted , I did it for his own good . |
| 20 | Manson saw that somehow and decided to write them a letter because he did n't like being called a creep . |
| 21 | Tabitha did n't like being told no , told nothing . |
| 22 | She did n't like immobility , she did n't like being on her own , and she did n't like the fact that the wallet still had n't been given back to her , not when she 'd nicked it at great personal risk . |
| 23 | In their view , we were the hacks he 'd run against and we did n't like being treated that way . ’ |
| 24 | Clients did n't like being told they had been manipulated , and in the circumstances would be likely to terminate relations with that dealer . |
| 25 | Or the program itself did n't like being investigated . |
| 26 | ‘ But I still did n't like being made to feel like I was a rapist . ’ |
| 27 | She would want another half later , but she did n't like being faced with a full pint all at once . |
| 28 | ‘ They never really wanted interviews and did n't like being public figures . |
| 29 | He did n't like being in a position of ignorance on any subject , and started probing . |
| 30 | You did n't like being woken in the middle of the night for ice cream , but you sat up and ate it in bed before it melted to please your father . |