Example sentences of "did n't [verb] the way " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that the Roman aristocracy did n't look after the people who worked for them — though people nowadays do n't like it when you say so — servants did n't sleep the way they did in Tsarist Russia or at Versailles before the revolution , but it still did n't seem good enough to Anna — I told you she was American ? — so Mena always had a nice room of her own ; later on too , at Brown 's Hotel . |
| 2 | The silver-haired gentleman , who turned out to be fluent in English and very charming in a gracious sort of way , chatted to her amiably about the south of France , though Alyssia did n't miss the way his eyes wandered unconsciously across to his wife every so often . |
| 3 | Fand and Liban came behind , but their spears did n't light the way , only set confusing reflections in the walls . |
| 4 | ‘ I felt for a lot of years I did have a lot to lose , when there was only one way to go and that was down , and when things did n't go the way I wanted them to go I blamed others . |
| 5 | Ordinary heat did n't itch the way microwave heat did . |
| 6 | The porter who had accompanied the procession was called before the Board , and in explanation said that the driver of the cart did n't know the way , nor did he himself . |
| 7 | This — man — showed me , because I did n't know the way . ’ |
| 8 | I could n't really understand what he was going on about , and I did n't like the way he shook my hand so blummin hard . |
| 9 | I du n no , but I did n't like the way the man was shouting at them . |
| 10 | Although early on she sheepishly confessed to enjoying the visits , she did n't like the way the Twiggs expected her to call them Mom and Dad . |
| 11 | ‘ The bank did n't like the way we 'd put it to them . |
| 12 | I did n't like the way he kept attacking Montgomery Clift . |
| 13 | He had a number of scenes reshot because he did n't like the way he looked in the original scenes , and by the time he had finished hacking up the picture , it was a complete mess . |
| 14 | No — I 've had it cut short before and I did n't like the way it feels when you wake up in the mornings — really weird . |
| 15 | I was confused at school because although I did n't like the way we would dismiss the teachers and what they were trying to teach us , at the same time I wanted to be the ace yob . |
| 16 | I did n't like the way the questions were going , and in particular the concentration that was now all too apparent in Inspector Drew 's eyes . |
| 17 | I did n't like the way he slipped in the ‘ sir ’ either . |
| 18 | He did n't like the way the conversation was going . |
| 19 | Damn , he sounded too shirty , but he did n't like the way she could get under his skin . |
| 20 | Charles did n't like the way the conversation was going . |
| 21 | He did n't like the way her accent changed , he did n't like the way she 'd sit there looking cosy as a mother chook and then shoot a sharp glance at him , like she understood him through and through . |
| 22 | He did n't like the way her accent changed , he did n't like the way she 'd sit there looking cosy as a mother chook and then shoot a sharp glance at him , like she understood him through and through . |
| 23 | She did n't like the way he had moved in on her so quickly . |
| 24 | He 'd had that spin-out in practice and he did n't like the way the car was handling . |
| 25 | And she obviously did n't like the way he looked at you . ’ |
| 26 | But your Company could see the writing on the wall , even my Service did n't like the way things were going . |
| 27 | Actually , I did n't like the way Diggs questioned me about what had happened , and for a few moments I thought he might have guessed , but my replies seemed to satisfy him . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't like the way he camped everything up . |
| 29 | I did n't like the way that shortly after I noticed it , I did business with a nervous man . |
| 30 | He did n't like the way Romeo gate crashed the |