Example sentences of "do [adv] like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must explain that I do not like combined heater stats ; in general I find that the heater part packs up within a year , as , regrettably do modern heaters , and I would rather throw away a £5 heater than a £10 plus heater stat . |
| 2 | Sometimes it is clear that siblings do not like each other . |
| 3 | In normal families , family members frequently do not like each other very much . |
| 4 | This was done with the frigid politeness of two people who do not like each other , know they do not like each other , but have never let that dislike come out into the open . |
| 5 | This was done with the frigid politeness of two people who do not like each other , know they do not like each other , but have never let that dislike come out into the open . |
| 6 | But government departments do not like premature appearances of confidential documents addressed to them . |
| 7 | As my letter perhaps indicates , I am not from ‘ the old school of diplomacy ’ as your article would have readers believe , and I do not like destructive reporting in an area which merits a more measured and informed approach . |
| 8 | Yet where the two do not like one another or the chemistry is wrong , the relationship will remain distant for the entire three years . |
| 9 | Salmond and Lang clearly do not like one another . |
| 10 | I did not realise it was just a question of dialect ; I thought it was a question of grammar or , if you do not like that word , of logic . |
| 11 | But it is really not for him to argue the case about taxes because , as we well know — Opposition Members do not like that . |
| 12 | The British do not like that . |
| 13 | do not like that . |
| 14 | Obviously , prisoners do not like that and officers are on the receiving end . |
| 15 | And when you have , you had better avoid our territory , for we do not like weak eagles who hide behind the names of once-proud families like Wrath . ’ |
| 16 | I do not like complex subordinate legislation . |
| 17 | Take care when doing water changes as they do not like great volumes of freshwater . |
| 18 | p.56 ) ; ‘ I do not like verbal explanations . |
| 19 | Rodney was like a whirlwind and upset both people and animals ( cats , dogs and horses do not like sudden movements ) . |
| 20 | Lay clients do not like continuing medical examinations and continuing reports . |
| 21 | Greeks do not like big organisations ; they would rather do the job personally . |
| 22 | The large car-hire firm in the survey also used both , but — without mentioning any names — showed a marked preference for the large international firms , arguing , perhaps slightly unfairly in some cases , the ‘ top level targets do not like back-street companies ’ . |
| 23 | Costs draftsmen indicate that taxing masters do not like sectioned files and will often reconstitute a file by putting all correspondence together if a file goes to taxation . |
| 24 | Arrowanas do not like fast-flowing water , choosing the quieter backwaters and sheltered reaches in the wild , and therefore the flow has to be diverted from the two Fluvals . |
| 25 | is the perfect answer for people who do not like grating cheese — it crumbles very easily for adding to sauces and salads , etc . |
| 26 | Like him , I do not like sleazy and unpleasant chatlines or dirty recorded messages . |
| 27 | Major defence contractors do not like minor jobs . |
| 28 | Polemicists do not like this joke . |
| 29 | ‘ I do not like this place , ’ said Allen . |
| 30 | The courts do not like this sort of clause . |