Example sentences of "not [adv] like be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Greg did not greatly like was the tone . |
| 2 | Undergraduates of moderate ability do not much like being asked to choose between differing judgements on the same text ; I can imagine them becoming confused and resentful if they were asked to choose between different critical approaches and all their attendant ideological baggage . |
| 3 | I do not really like being touched by a stranger since I had been mildly attacked as a child , but something told me this was no casual greeting . |
| 4 | Horses certainly do n't instinctively like being patted : a pat is the closest gesture we can make to a kick . |
| 5 | I do n't much like being out of door in the rain or the extreme cold or even the extreme heat — although when the weather is right I hugely enjoy walking aimlessly and observing all about me . |
| 6 | I only contacted him because I 'd read the article and did n't much like being used . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ People do n't always like being employers . |
| 8 | They do n't really like being called a tourist in many places . |
| 9 | Men , perhaps , should be encouraged to realise that women want to speak up for themselves , they do n't really like being told what they want by men . |
| 10 | They do n't really like being told what they want by men . |
| 11 | Yes , but I want to know , Brenda , are you really concerned about the fact that you 'll see it , or the fact that these people that you do n't particularly like are going to be living near you . |