Example sentences of "not like him " in BNC.
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| 1 | They turned him down on ‘ security grounds ’ ; a lot of the Surinamese living in Holland make it plain that they do not like him at all . |
| 2 | With her penetrating instinct she did not like him , and was so angry with me for , as she said , ‘ wasting myself upon such rubbish ’ , that in the end she turned me out of my room and I went to live in a tiny , freezing attic in a house in Morningside Crescent owned by a friend of hers , a white woman . |
| 3 | I did not like him then and he did not like me . |
| 4 | Dinah , who had not liked him at Hampstead , did not like him now ; but the information he brought was useful . |
| 5 | Peter had discovered that his five villages would not like him to have a working wife . |
| 6 | Meredith might not like him but he was a box office draw and bearing in mind that unfortunate incident in Windsor … . |
| 7 | The haste , perhaps , and the diffidence both , were encouraged by his wife , who did not like him to talk of Trade , considering it to be vulgar , and yet she was pleased to note that this casual reference to wealth met with a satisfactory , if silent , response . |
| 8 | I could not like him , in fact my whole body trembled with disgust when he touched me , but I had to protect him . |
| 9 | Hywel is rich and they do not like him but he is one of them . |
| 10 | Tildy did not like him very much , but the kiss was important to her — and now there was nothing . |
| 11 | They were quite convinced that if Jeopardy had not been quite so stunning to look at , most people would not like him at all because he was arrogant and cold . |
| 12 | He sensed that the touch of her attention engendered immoderation , and also that , should she meet him , she would not like him either . |
| 13 | And the reason was , quite simply , that she did not like him . |
| 14 | This shows more inhumanity because he is willing to send another man to his death for no other reason that he is black and that he does not like him . |
| 15 | ‘ That man did not like me , ’ Charity said quietly , and added to herself , And I did not like him . |
| 16 | He volunteered to go on the expedition to explore the island with Ralph and Jack , but they did not like him , so did not allow him to go . |
| 17 | I ran down to meet him , but when I got there I saw that he had narrow eyes and a mean mouth and I did n't like him one bit . |
| 18 | He used to like me I think , but to tell the truth , I did n't like him much . |
| 19 | He is a good MP , a Tam Dalyell-type , who is always there and has good views , many on things the Militants do n't like him for . |
| 20 | Jane was in a junk food café trying to eat chips off a floppy paper plate and drink red wine three-quarters full of ice , when a young man with long hair entered carrying a guitar , ‘ Ugh — do n't like him , ’ said her host 's son , aged sixteen . |
| 21 | They did n't like him . |
| 22 | He 'd once tried to explain to her that he was n't popular , that people did n't like him , but she would n't have it , so he 'd given up . |
| 23 | If she did n't like him talking to Mrs Wright , she would n't like him meeting her friend and going into her house . |
| 24 | If she did n't like him talking to Mrs Wright , she would n't like him meeting her friend and going into her house . |
| 25 | She was never as strict as his Dad and she did n't like him getting in the way in the waiting-room . |
| 26 | But I remembered him and I did n't like him , you know , not really , only I was too well-bred to say so to anyone . |
| 27 | People who did n't like him said he was very sarcastic , but he always seemed to me to be a most sensitive and competent man . |
| 28 | Suppose I do n't like him ? |
| 29 | I do n't like him , but he 's a cynical bastard and wo n't be taken in by the likes of Buckmaster . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't like him . ’ |