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

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1 We did n't like the food , we preferred Mum 's .
2 ‘ We thought that if we did n't like the Arab sector of Jerusalem after partition , ’ Damiani said , ‘ we would also have property in the Jewish sector .
3 A Welsh smallholder quarryman moved into the family farm so that his wife could go out to earn as a washerwoman , but the children did not get on well with their step-grandmother : ‘ There was a very hard side to her , she was a very stern woman , and we did n't like her . ’
4 Mrs Taylor gave Frankie and me a piece of bread pudding each but we did n't like the smell of it so we threw it over the wall on the way back to our house .
5 We did n't like him doing this for he was rough , but we got used to it and our hands became tough .
6 ‘ Mary and I took our dogs down there this afternoon and I must admit we did n't like it , Mary was quite frightened .
7 We did n't like grandma and grandpa , and we did n't like their gravity either .
8 We did n't like grandma and grandpa , and we did n't like their gravity either .
9 In their view , we were the hacks he 'd run against and we did n't like being treated that way . ’
10 We did n't like her one bit , ’ says Charles .
11 ‘ The main reason we broke up in the '80s was that after five or six years of constant touring and recording we suddenly found we did n't like each other any more .
12 We did n't like the fact that our male companions smelt like compost heaps , but we did n't dream of challenging them about it .
13 We did n't like the King so much now — he was more interested in horses than in plays .
14 But the food we we did n't like the food , but you could always arrange to eat somewhere place else .
15 And we used to c as we had nicknames for the ones we did n't like , she was called .
16 So er we did n't like er so we , she was a Miss of course .
17 I think almost daily there were discussions between our two shop stewards and the quarry owners about you know , levels of production , expected targets , increase in production and all this , and er I think you know through those daily discussions we made our side of the argument known and we we told him that we 'd work to rule if things were n't proper and if we did n't like it .
18 We get money for doing that , but we ca n't spend it in our homes we have to use it in the private sector , so , at the end of the day , er , whether we like it or not , we did n't like these decisions but that 's the way we 've got to go .
19 We did n't like them coming in the police station , they used to come into our parade room where our men were having food , and you can imagine them coming in a bit lousy and so on .
20 The only thing we did n't like in there was two tins of tuna fish .
21 It starts off one of the first things we did n't like was the title .
22 NOW we have sent the Calibans grimacing and snarling back to their caves for a further spell , perhaps nice Mr Major will address himself to a problem with which we did not like to trouble him during the election .
23 Having five instead of six bolts on some of the wheels was a risk we did not like taking .
24 The only dish that we did not like was fish cooked a la Galego , which seemed to mean boiled and then doused with spicy olive oil .
25 In February we were shown their drafts , and we did not like what we saw .
26 We did not like the look of him and kept walking .
27 We did not like to keep you up ’ .
28 ‘ What we do n't like , Mr Tyler , is that Mrs Iverson was poisoned in full view of the Coroner and the Chairman of the Bench . ’
29 ‘ Even if we do n't like everything in the response to Arcic I , it will be progress , ’ Dr Runcie said .
30 It is only in cases of the most violent attacks that parents get to know what has been happening because , as the girls told me ‘ we do n't like to worry them about it .
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