Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] like [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sorry that he has gone , since I do not like criticising him in his absence . |
| 2 | I do not like using the telephone at the best of times and was never very fond of small-talk , that tedious lubricant for rusty little minds . |
| 3 | Spokesman John Dunwell said : ‘ Our premises in Zetland Road are just round the corner from from the town 's red light district and some of our members do not like using the building because of the district 's association with prostitution . |
| 4 | However , there is also the possibility that you do not like looking at your photo because it reminds you of a weight problem that you do not want to face . |
| 5 | The Opposition do not like to draw attention to that , but the Government are very proud of having created so many new owner-occupiers . |
| 6 | The Americans do not like receiving frequent reports of pro-Iraqi demonstrations throughout the Islamic world . |
| 7 | If treated well , they will protect the household from evil spirits and undertake chores in the kitchen , though they do not like to go outdoors . |
| 8 | I love her very much , and I do not like to see her getting worse . |
| 9 | I do not like to see eagles fighting in this way over something that is no eagle 's fault . |
| 10 | You 've grown into a very beautiful young woman , Alice , and I do not like to see beauty wasted . |
| 11 | I do not like to see things being killed . |
| 12 | ‘ I do not like to see fear in a woman 's eyes , especially a woman who places so much value in equality . |
| 13 | People do not like to see land set aside , with someone appearing not to be doing very much with the land set aside and getting paid for it . |
| 14 | I do not like to see thistles growing in the fields . |
| 15 | er and therefore for that very reason do not like to see the Government going in for a whole series of embarrassing defeats er and erm getting into very grave difficulties with an important Bill and I therefore arise only to ask my Noble Friend er at the last minute would like to consider very seriously erm a conciliatory reply of whether accepting er the amendments with er or er or some of them er with er er er view to their reconsideration or asking those who propose them to defer them from to from today 's sitting , there 's still further sittings ahead , but whether he was prepared to ask them to give him a chance to reflect without incurring serious Government defeats to reflect further on whether further amendments can not and should not be made . |
| 16 | I would tell Miss if I was you because I do not like to see |
| 17 | Some parents do not like disagreeing in front of an outsider and may need permission to do this . |
| 18 | ‘ I do not like to mention their names . |
| 19 | A. Many horses simply do not like getting their feet wet ! |
| 20 | Nevertheless there are few editors who do not like to use at least one or two photographs and the relevant drawings might be backed up with shots of the inventor or the experimental staff at work . |
| 21 | Linguists do not like to say that Standard English is ‘ superior ’ to other dialects , because all dialects have their own richness , their own specific identity . |
| 22 | And left-wing educationalists do not like to say that the Standard English spoken by the middle classes is superior to working-class speech . |
| 23 | But I do not like to say much about Islay ; let us therefore remount our primitive carriage . |
| 24 | But I do not like to say much about Islay ; let us therefore remount our primitive carriage . |
| 25 | The proposals were due to be considered by Cabinet ten days later and ministers do not like seeing what they are to discuss plastered all over the press beforehand . |
| 26 | I … that is I , my wife and my children … we , I , do not like to invite a friend to a party and not give him the best . |
| 27 | They do not like to talk about such things to strangers . |
| 28 | In practice , the courts do not like to rely on unreasonableness alone but rather to base the decision on the fact that irrelevant considerations have been taken into account , etc. ( see Bromley London B.C. v. GLC ( H.L. , 1983 ) . |
| 29 | Players do not like setting down an instrument that has just become nicely warmed up , and taking up a cold one , unless there is a very good reason for it . |
| 30 | ‘ Colonel , I do not like to remind you of this , but I saved your son 's life . |