Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] like [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I do not like them |
2 | I do not like them |
3 | We would not and do not like them ma manipulation and extortion of workers anywhere in the world . |
4 | Sometimes the women say she is a saint , but that is only because she has kept me here , and they do not like her . |
5 | The women in the village say , ‘ Poor Elizabeth , she has a lot to put up with , with that big old house and Angharad , and Hywel working so hard on the farm ’ , but their eyes gleam as they speak and they do not like her . |
6 | I do not like her . |
7 | But I do not like everyone to know they are here . |
8 | I certain people do not like what they see they can always walk away . |
9 | If you do not like what happens at a school , you should discuss it with the headmaster , but bear in mind that teachers at a boarding school are acting much more in loco parentis than at a day school and may feel that very firm action is essential . |
10 | In Hirschman 's terminology ( 1970 ) , if they do not like what they see , they can not ‘ exit ’ — they can only use ‘ voice ’ ; while in the market , both options are available . |
11 | We do not like what was done to us and we shall keep coming to conference until we win . |
12 | ‘ If people do not like what they read they can put the letter in the bin . |
13 | But they do not like everything they see . |
14 | They turned him down on ‘ security grounds ’ ; a lot of the Surinamese living in Holland make it plain that they do not like him at all . |
15 | Hywel is rich and they do not like him but he is one of them . |
16 | For the Scots do not like their women tough and authoritarian . |
17 | That there is no popular opposition is testimony not only to how successful they have been , but also to the fact that there appears to be simply no desirable alternative : the British just do not like their politicians enough to want them made head of state . |
18 | The second myth concerns the attitude that , if rural residents do not like their locations , they can move . |
19 | ‘ It 's important that people realise the Monday feeling is not just felt by those who do not like their jobs , ’ said Professor Laura , author of a new book Hidden Hazards . |
20 | As English Heritage do not like us , it is with some glee that I report dissent in their own ranks . |
21 | ‘ I do not like you , English Clerk , ’ he muttered menacingly . |
22 | However , if we do not like being judged by an external tribunal , if we do not like our citizens being interrogated by foreign judges about acts committed in the United Kingdom , if we do not like our Acts of Parliament and our internal administration being scrupulously picked over by a European Commission , if we do not like the relations between the Crown and its possessions being altered over our heads , the remedy is in our own hands . |
23 | However , if we do not like being judged by an external tribunal , if we do not like our citizens being interrogated by foreign judges about acts committed in the United Kingdom , if we do not like our Acts of Parliament and our internal administration being scrupulously picked over by a European Commission , if we do not like the relations between the Crown and its possessions being altered over our heads , the remedy is in our own hands . |
24 | ‘ I do not like your arrogance and your questions , and if I had my way I would arrange an accident or have you thrown into some deep dungeon until everyone had forgotten about you ! ’ |
25 | ‘ But you do not like your work ? ’ |
26 | Local politicians do not like anything too challenging … |
27 | I wear a personal stereo so I do n't hear their comments , but since I sweat a lot when I 'm running I can understand that they do not like it when I get too close . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | It is upsetting for fans to learn that the creators of one of their favourite records do not like it themselves . |
30 | He points out that a lot of abstract painting uses harsh shapes and that most people do not like it , preferring curves and gentle changes of outline direction . |