Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] not like [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The direct-grant schools did not like these proposals , and had little to gain from them . |
2 | The reaction to the message we sent to the President via our embassy in Washington , which might take quite some time , for even the most cooperative of banks , and banks almost by definition are secretive and detest the very thought of cooperation , are going to be very reluctant to disclose any information about their important clients , because important clients do n't like that sort of thing . |
3 | Yeah well they 're safety things for kids do n't like that Like this one though . |
4 | The two blacks do n't like these men . |
5 | But emotions do n't like that ; they love to have their say . |
6 | erm For instance we know that , that erm in this country you ca n't get a mortgage without taking out fire insurance , and the reason why it 's mandatory in a mortgage is because if it were left to people 's whim they would n't do it , they 'd say , ‘ Well it wo n't happen to me , ’ and mortgage companies do n't like that very much . |
7 | Today in the 1980s many Christians do n't like this fighting talk . |
8 | Polemicists do not like this joke . |
9 | Then Mr Stein would have two permits and regulations do n't like that . |
10 | Sometimes it is clear that siblings do not like each other . |
11 | Ludens did not like this picture . |
12 | But it is really not for him to argue the case about taxes because , as we well know — Opposition Members do not like that . |
13 | Whether the Bedford health authorities did not like this , I shall not know , but they would give me no help at all . |
14 | Obviously , prisoners do not like that and officers are on the receiving end . |
15 | The courts do not like this sort of clause . |
16 | Men do n't like that . |
17 | But he was a Catholic , of course , and my Scots lords did not like that . |
18 | Er we there 's a lot of cast iron and steel in our engine and marine engines do n't like that , they prefer brass . |
19 | The foremen did n't like that ; it smacked of syndicalism . |