Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | The house was large for their needs and soon they did not like it . |
| 2 | Many analyses of the unions in the 1970s suggested that such political power as they possessed rested on their ability to defy incomes policies over time and veto ( as In Place of Strife ) or render inoperable the policies or legislation which they did not like . |
| 3 | They did not like it , argued against it — argued against the whole match — but she held firm . |
| 4 | But yesterday a friend who had been telephoning around Tories who are fighting marginal seats reported that on the doorsteps more voters were saying that , although they did not like the Tories , they liked Mr Kinnock even less . |
| 5 | They did not like it . |
| 6 | They did not like his approach to it . |
| 7 | They thought that they were right about the war ; they did not like awkward gaps in conversation ; they wanted to be friendly to people they felt sorry for ; they felt the natural human contempt for the way in which the Almighty ran the universe and yet their full share of human resignation towards it . |
| 8 | Adults were dropping out of evening classes because they did not like learning with the children who were ‘ catching up ’ on their schooling , feeling embarrassed or ashamed . |
| 9 | The miners ' representatives had not even pressed for a free trade union , though they had demanded the removal of trade union officials whom they did not like or trust . |
| 10 | They had seen her frolic with Sergeant and they did not like it . |
| 11 | Perhaps they did not like what you were saying — it did n't fit in with the way they see their magazine . |
| 12 | The two ladies at the head of the little queue whispered together , then announced that if Mr Carter had no objection they would be happy to oblige Mr Mullings , as they did not like to think of Mrs Mullings having to face a storm unprotected . |
| 13 | Everything was perfect except that when I came to train experimentally naive monkeys , I discovered that they did not like peanuts . |
| 14 | They did not like Vine , recognizing that the Major despised them as a lumpen , dull ugly mass , but the men themselves knew better ; they were Wellington 's infantry , the finest of the best , and they were marching east and south to where a pall of gun-smoke was forming like a dark cloud over a far crossroads and to where the guns cleared their throats to beckon men to battle . |
| 15 | The more able in the group felt they ‘ could n't tell us anything we do n't already know ’ or they were ‘ depressing ’ , while the remainder said that they did not like them because they made them feel inadequate . |
| 16 | As the Superintendent put it , ‘ Rehabilitation means learning to work ’ , which included work which they did not like or to which they were not suited . |
| 17 | It is difficult to escape the conclusion , however , that hard-headed Protestants found it easier to attack what they did not like in magic without compromising their religion . |
| 18 | Where the reformers did start to understand , they perceived that those aspirations were to something much more even than that complete political democracy which required no property qualification ; and they did not like the perception . |
| 19 | And while these women were not displeased with the role of housewife they did not like housework , despite the fact that this was what they spent most of their time doing . |
| 20 | They did not like to talk to Egyptian people . |
| 21 | They did not like his presence but he found little difficulty in scaring them off , or evading them if they tried to mob him , and the food in these places was plentiful . |
| 22 | Just as they did not like her being sharp . |
| 23 | Arguments have arisen over proposals to introduce automatic parole for short-term prisoners ; also over the possibility of dividing every sentence of three years or under into three parts : imprisonment , supervised release , and remission ( which Lords Justices on the criminal side of the Court of Appeal made clear they did not like ) . |
| 24 | The nearest clean water was from the standpipe in the churchyard ; they did not like to wash their finds there , because the water was for the flowers on the graves , but Martha fetched some in a bucket . |
| 25 | When Nenna told them that she had urgent business on the other side of London and that she would have to ask whether Martha and Tilda could stay the night , Rochester accepted without protest , and they went over , taking with them their nightdresses , Cliff records , the Cliff photograph and two packets of breakfast cereals , for they did not like the same kind . |
| 26 | I am sure they did not like each other . ’ |
| 27 | Party censors stamped out any arts they did not like . |
| 28 | A considerable proportion — between 30 and 40 per cent — actually did so , though most commonly for the opposite reason , because they did not like the New World or could not establish themselves there . |
| 29 | Erm but one of the things they did not like is for erm to have a sales consultant on the medical practice for three weeks using their |
| 30 | EVERTON became the latest side to get a taste of the Ian Wright magic — and they did not like it one little bit . |