Example sentences of "[noun pl] do [not/n't] like " in BNC.

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1 The direct-grant schools did not like these proposals , and had little to gain from them .
2 However , schools did not like students to feel at home in arts and science : a rigid division between the two prevailed :
3 Shoppers do n't like it .
4 Lay clients do not like continuing medical examinations and continuing reports .
5 It also claims that its business has been growing faster than any of its competitors , basically because clients do n't like paying fees .
6 The reaction to the message we sent to the President via our embassy in Washington , which might take quite some time , for even the most cooperative of banks , and banks almost by definition are secretive and detest the very thought of cooperation , are going to be very reluctant to disclose any information about their important clients , because important clients do n't like that sort of thing .
7 Clients did n't like being told they had been manipulated , and in the circumstances would be likely to terminate relations with that dealer .
8 Well I do n't think they 'll like this one little bit will they , I mean the players are out there practising at the moment , they look very smart as well in an all blue tracksuit erm and erm obviously a club colour and they look very smart indeed , er but er the journalists do n't like it and I do n't think the players will like it very much either .
9 The Squigs do n't like daylight at all , and quickly become maddened by the sun .
10 Dosh and Freddie did n't take much persuading but Chase thankfully declined saying that parties did n't like him .
11 If the big parties do not like it the remedy is in their own hands : all they have to do is to steal that third party 's votes .
12 When the opera is finished , it is rehearsed and if these stupid Frenchmen do not like it , it is not performed — and the composer has had all his trouble for nothing .
13 The animals did not like the sound of that .
14 Mr Wilson-Brown , who opened the first computerised perchery barn with piped radio three months ago , said yesterday : ‘ We were concerned when production fell and realised that this was because the hens did not like the endless election news , comment and argument .
15 Mr Wilson-Brown said : ‘ Radio 1 is not perfect because some of the breakfast-time quizzes prove to be unsettling , as the hens do not like the sound effects .
16 For the Scots do not like their women tough and authoritarian .
17 Animals do n't like it if you move suddenly .
18 But sometimes mum and dads do n't like you practising , so you need you need to ask and if you are chosen you need to commit yourself .
19 Yeah well they 're safety things for kids do n't like that Like this one though .
20 I do n't even care if the kids do n't like him I love
21 Frogs do n't like bread , ’ Ferd pointed out .
22 Warner Brothers did n't like the idea because of litigation etc .
23 Some parents do not like disagreeing in front of an outsider and may need permission to do this .
24 People with no parents do n't like endless questions . ’
25 Major defence contractors do not like minor jobs .
26 Hellens did not like the portrait painted of him but later came to recognize its prophetic qualities .
27 The two blacks do n't like these men .
28 On–y the other day she was saying to me that people with no parents did n't like being asked questions . ’
29 As my parents did n't like the idea of me going to live in the city on my own , they decided to move with me .
30 The time I was supposed to be going through this a lot of schools were getting a bit of stick because a lot of parents did n't like it .
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