Example sentences of "[adv] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think he 's got an awful lot to contribute to our period and I , personally , would very much like him here . |
| 2 | I was offered a cleaning job that I did n't much like the look of so I left quietly before the final curtain . |
| 3 | He did n't much like you being a property shark , I suppose ? ’ |
| 4 | Undergraduates of moderate ability do not much like being asked to choose between differing judgements on the same text ; I can imagine them becoming confused and resentful if they were asked to choose between different critical approaches and all their attendant ideological baggage . |
| 5 | It is as if the public recognizes that society has changed over the decade but does not much like what sees . |
| 6 | I do n't know why , but I did n't much like the look of him . |
| 7 | Nikolaus Pevsner did not much like Bridehead 's rather whacky Tudor style , referring to it in his Buildings of England as ‘ excruciatingly awkward ’ . |
| 8 | It was too late for an abortion , and as for Marc , she hardly knew him , and did n't much like what she knew . |
| 9 | The people who did seem to be enjoying things ( although they did n't much like the film ) were those who , unlike Jane , were there on their own terms . |
| 10 | On the other hand dieting , which is good , involves you eating foods you do not much like , staying at home , feeling miserable . |
| 11 | Oh , I would very much like to go away . |
| 12 | New York is uncommon political turf , and Mr Brown has been helped mightily by a press that prides itself on its aggression and which does not much like Mr Clinton . |
| 13 | Although the Commission is a statutory body with a wide remit to promote the interests of crofters , it is so tightly bound by the rule of ‘ ultra vires ’ and treasury control , that it could not devote a minuscule sum to an experiment the results of which were endorsed by the Chief Inspector of Schools for the North and Highland Division , who wrote ‘ I should very much like to see continued the special educational merits of the scheme , challenge without competition , linkage of school and community in common effort , availability of expert advice to schools as they link theory with practice , financial assistance for bigger Projects , commitments which continue ’ . |
| 14 | I know you do n't much like them , that I should have asked a couple of the hospital people as well as people who share my interests — ’ |
| 15 | I would very much like to see a copy of this book and also , if possible , some sample units from the second book : ‘ Talking about the Past ’ . |
| 16 | It was plain then that we did not much like the French way . |
| 17 | ‘ I should very much like a change of underclothes at least , ’ I said . |
| 18 | I knew of the need for fibre , fresh fruits and vegetables — even if I did n't much like them — and I knew of the dangers of saturated fats and too much salt . |
| 19 | do n't much like each other She 's no a wummin |
| 20 | At a time when no one else may seem to approve of them , and they may not much like themselves , it is of the utmost importance that teenagers should feel wanted and loved by their parents . |
| 21 | I do n't much like being out of door in the rain or the extreme cold or even the extreme heat — although when the weather is right I hugely enjoy walking aimlessly and observing all about me . |
| 22 | And the daughter would very much like to meet you when they come to tour here , as would Eddie . |
| 23 | ‘ This instrument is a project which I would very much like to build and utilize . |
| 24 | If so , Mr C. Reynolds of the Licencing Section of Hammersmith and Fulham Trading Standards Office would very much like to hear from you . |
| 25 | Full details from Editor : We 'd very much like to hear from others who have come up with profitable solutions to this seasonal problem . |
| 26 | They did not much like Oliver Cromwell and his dangerous toleration of loose religion , but his regime gave them the chance to start again . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry for making such a fuss , ’ Joan said apologetically , drying her eyes — before taking a few sips of the wine which she did not much like . |
| 28 | Rufus was not squeamish , he had not been one of those medical students who become nauseous at their first sight of surgery , but , curiously enough he did not much like to think of all those odd little bones , so alien to him , so unidentifiable , being dug up and sorted out and sifted through in case there should be a human fibula among them or a vertebra . |
| 29 | As you know I should very much like to return to work in some secretarial capacity at Yorhaul Limited after my baby 's birth and naturally wish to claim maternity pay , so please take this letter as formal notice of these matters as required under the Employment Protection ( Consolidation ) Act 1978 . |
| 30 | Perhaps it 's Green himself he does n't much like . ’ |