Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] like [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ari did not like Tammuz Malamute .
2 The subversive implications of Lamarck 's thought — in particular the implication that a person 's character , destiny and deserts are not wholly determined by his breeding — aroused some disfavour : Napoleon did not like Lamarck .
3 Madame Gautier did not like sunlight , as she had frequently informed her young visitor .
4 Even more importantly , Maisie did n't like chicken , especially free-range , corn-fed , humanely killed chicken that had been through Jungian analysis .
5 Fillis did not like horses .
6 Sister Rosario did n't like Margaret Lacey .
7 Ibn Fayoud did n't like mornings and he did n't like country air .
8 In the last week of the pantomime , Jennie asked her if she would like to learn to dance properly , adding that Mr Tiller did n't like girls already trained but preferred them to learn his way .
9 Shelby did n't like Ferrari ; like plenty of others before and after , he had experienced at first hand Enzo Ferrari 's withering contempt for lesser mortals .
10 I never mentioned it because I thought perhaps Faye did n't like flowers in the house .
11 Victor did n't like men .
12 And Mrs did n't like Susan telling her
13 And as Old Mother Potts would n't allow men visitors , and Len did n't like dancing , it had been pretty dreary just walking about the wintry streets together .
14 Merymose did not like Kenamun , neither did he trust him ; and if the case were solved , Kenamun would take the credit .
15 Mrs Medlock did not like Mary either .
16 Jack did not like strangers in the house , so there was no regular charwoman , only the obliging person who could be summoned at intervals when Jack was away .
17 Jack did not like flowers , or rather said he was ‘ bothered ’ by them , and they were banished from the upstairs rooms .
18 Brian did not like parties , according to Alix , and had expressed fears that he would know nobody at the Headleands ' , but this was not so , for he had already engaged himself with his habitual courtesy with old Sir Anthony .
19 Anne did not like Clive , did not care what happened to him .
20 Michael knew that Peter did n't like Andrew touching the hat , could feel him tense because he felt there was something irreverent about it .
21 Clinton did not like smoke .
22 Mrs Mantini did not like Rachaela to sit and read in the shop .
23 Maria did n't like Bernie .
24 Mr Jotter did not like Endill 's efficiency either .
25 Reality was different and George did not like reality .
26 Yanto did not like Sundays as a rule .
27 But Ianthe did not like jokes about hymns .
28 Elizabeth did not like detective stories , because someone was usually hanged at the end of them .
29 Carshes did n't like tractors , them big frightening things , you know , did n't like tractors , and erm I 'd be called out in the field then
30 Hitler did n't like Jews and it could make trouble for me .
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