Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] like [art] " in BNC.

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1 Taking the fatty bits off darling , mummy do n't like the fatty bits either
2 The Education Department did n't like the situation ; they did not co-operate with advice or materials as they had done in the past , and in fact the island 's Director of Education accused Mrs M of ‘ acting illegally ’ .
3 Dot did n't like the smell of old clothes nor of brick dust and escaping gas but she rarely wailed .
4 Dot did n't like the glass .
5 The Labour controlled council did not like the Tory government intervening , and butting in on its own inner city policy and development plans .
6 Although everyone in Rush River told the story the same way , most of them said ‘ and their slaves ' instead of ‘ and their people , ’ but Martha knew that Nana did not like the word ‘ slave . ’
7 If any party on the management committee does n't like the split it will five member it back through the whole structure to this county council and we shall have proceeded no further .
8 If the projectionist did n't like the film it did n't get shown , or only part of it .
9 The husband does not like the car because it does not reflect his status .
10 The author does not like the way science has ‘ stacked the deck ’ in its own favour , arranging its metaphors to exclude the contradictory or ephemeral .
11 Both the store manager and the personnel manger at Burger King did not like the use of the word power .
12 I liked the night air but the night watchman did n't like the open window .
13 But your Company could see the writing on the wall , even my Service did n't like the way things were going .
14 Ace did n't like the sound of that .
15 She wanted to paint , my father did n't like the idea .
16 Dog do n't like the smell of that like , but how you are
17 If the nursery or garden centre do not like the idea of you looking , walk out and go somewhere else .
18 The National Farmers ' Union does n't like the idea of set aside .
19 ‘ The bank did n't like the way we 'd put it to them .
20 Bonfield does n't like the term mainframe any more — ‘ mainframes are unpopular now ’ , he said , ‘ we call them big servers ’ for the open systems market .
21 But the settlers who had come to America to look for land did not like the proprietors ' form of ownership .
22 We can go to a hotel ; your landlady did n't like the look of me .
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