Example sentences of "not like him " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had tried so hard not to like him as they shared a drink at the Crush Bar , especially after Daphne 's warning about his reputation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | With her penetrating instinct she did not like him , and was so angry with me for , as she said , ‘ wasting myself upon such rubbish ’ , that in the end she turned me out of my room and I went to live in a tiny , freezing attic in a house in Morningside Crescent owned by a friend of hers , a white woman . |
| 4 | I did not like him then and he did not like me . |
| 5 | Dinah , who had not liked him at Hampstead , did not like him now ; but the information he brought was useful . |
| 6 | Peter had discovered that his five villages would not like him to have a working wife . |
| 7 | Meredith might not like him but he was a box office draw and bearing in mind that unfortunate incident in Windsor … . |
| 8 | The haste , perhaps , and the diffidence both , were encouraged by his wife , who did not like him to talk of Trade , considering it to be vulgar , and yet she was pleased to note that this casual reference to wealth met with a satisfactory , if silent , response . |
| 9 | I could not like him , in fact my whole body trembled with disgust when he touched me , but I had to protect him . |
| 10 | Hywel is rich and they do not like him but he is one of them . |
| 11 | Tildy did not like him very much , but the kiss was important to her — and now there was nothing . |
| 12 | They were quite convinced that if Jeopardy had not been quite so stunning to look at , most people would not like him at all because he was arrogant and cold . |
| 13 | He sensed that the touch of her attention engendered immoderation , and also that , should she meet him , she would not like him either . |
| 14 | And the reason was , quite simply , that she did not like him . |
| 15 | This shows more inhumanity because he is willing to send another man to his death for no other reason that he is black and that he does not like him . |
| 16 | ‘ That man did not like me , ’ Charity said quietly , and added to herself , And I did not like him . |
| 17 | He volunteered to go on the expedition to explore the island with Ralph and Jack , but they did not like him , so did not allow him to go . |
| 18 | He ca n't complain about people not liking him when he 's so horrible to them . |
| 19 | But he was used to people not liking him or his company and so took their attitude as expected . |
| 20 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 21 | Dinah , who had not liked him at Hampstead , did not like him now ; but the information he brought was useful . |
| 22 | She had not liked him very much but she judged him to be one of those unfortunate men who dislike their neighbours even more than they dislike themselves and as such he was to be pitied , plodding on from day to day among his bingo-playing telly-watching parishioners . |
| 23 | Sally-Anne knew that Neil was Stair 's brother ; she had met him , and had not liked him much . |
| 24 | I ran down to meet him , but when I got there I saw that he had narrow eyes and a mean mouth and I did n't like him one bit . |
| 25 | He used to like me I think , but to tell the truth , I did n't like him much . |
| 26 | He is a good MP , a Tam Dalyell-type , who is always there and has good views , many on things the Militants do n't like him for . |
| 27 | Jane was in a junk food café trying to eat chips off a floppy paper plate and drink red wine three-quarters full of ice , when a young man with long hair entered carrying a guitar , ‘ Ugh — do n't like him , ’ said her host 's son , aged sixteen . |
| 28 | They did n't like him . |
| 29 | He 'd once tried to explain to her that he was n't popular , that people did n't like him , but she would n't have it , so he 'd given up . |
| 30 | If she did n't like him talking to Mrs Wright , she would n't like him meeting her friend and going into her house . |