Example sentences of "and [vb past] not like " in BNC.

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1 According to one of the staff , she believed that she was Queen Victoria and did not like anyone encroaching on the space around her throne .
2 Modigliani found her attentions annoying ; he enjoyed the sport of courting and did not like to be chased .
3 The critic Richard Buckle accompanied them and described how they sat in the stalls of the empty theatre afterwards while Balanchine told them ‘ what he liked and did not like about it and how it could be improved ’ .
4 He had very few spare clothes and did not like being found out .
5 To the manager 's surprise the man freely confessed that he felt poor at supervising and did not like doing it anyway .
6 Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week .
7 But he was already pushing it and Lauren Bacall saw that and did not like it .
8 He saw himself then , and now , and did not like what he saw .
9 ‘ She was very proud of her success , not guilty , and did not like being made to feel so , ’ one friend explained .
10 He had wanted to do this job with John alone , but miners were professionals , and did n't like laymen interfering .
11 ‘ It was the late great Jack who only went to London once in his life and did n't like it , ’ he said .
12 Some people at school said look how Mother Francis never gives out to Eve , she 's the real pet ; others said the nuns had to keep her for charity and did n't like her as much as they liked the other girls whose families all contributed something to the upkeep of St Mary 's .
13 A year and half ago I had my hair permed and did n't like it .
14 I disliked these two intensely and did n't like being told off for being rude to them , so I told her peevishly that I was n't staying while they were there and kicked off the slippers , put on my clogs and ran out banging the door behind me .
15 The betting shops got caught and did n't like it .
16 The kinship evoked of human adult reactions in such circumstances , remembering our previous analysis of recognition , would be reason enough to say that the dog noticed the workmen and did n't like what it saw ; albeit a ‘ thin ‘ attribution .
17 I loved him very much and did n't like him going away .
18 She did n't know whether she should take his penis into her mouth , and did n't like to ask him .
19 He kept her company and gave her support when she was pregnant and did n't like to go out .
20 Of course I could settle the whole thing by opening the cow up , but Mr Bailes was an old-fashioned type and did n't like the idea of my diving into his animal unless I was certain of my diagnosis .
21 And did n't like it either .
22 ‘ They never really wanted interviews and did n't like being public figures .
23 ‘ She 'd probably heard rumours , and did n't like you fraternizing with the enemy camp . ’
24 She said she sometimes longed to go out , to a disco or an amusement arcade and be with other girls , but her uncle was strict and did n't like her going to those places , and although she was sometimes lonely she could n't stand the thought of going back to that school , especially now she had been away from it for so long because anyway her friends would n't be there any more and she would be treated like a little girl and the things they had to do would seem more stupid than ever because in her uncle s house she was treated like a grown-up , which she was anyway , and she ran the house .
25 ‘ None of us could be sure if we would have a job tomorrow ; the uncertainty was preventing us winning new business ; and we had looked at the various companies who were rumoured to be bidding for us and did n't like what we saw . ’
26 I imagine he just saw the writing on the wall and did n't like their spelling . ’
27 He also hated tradition and did n't like to conform . ’
28 As Paul 's brother John had said : ‘ He hated tradition and did n't like to conform . ’
29 oh , oh dear oh She said that one , one lady did a lot of recording and then played it back and listened to herself and did n't like her own voice so she wiped it all off and handed it in .
30 but mind you we had much worse a problem that day because we had two sets of sniffer dogs who did n't like something and the first lot that were in and did n't like something that we 'd
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