Example sentences of "not like [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | NOW we have sent the Calibans grimacing and snarling back to their caves for a further spell , perhaps nice Mr Major will address himself to a problem with which we did not like to trouble him during the election . |
| 2 | I am sorry that he has gone , since I do not like criticising him in his absence . |
| 3 | Bob did not like to remind him that up till then it had been an awfully good day for him , on which every single thing without exception had gone right . |
| 4 | She did not like to ask him the nature of his work , thinking that if he were something incommunicable , the effort of inventing a lie might crack him up completely . |
| 5 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
| 6 | Meryl hesitated , not liking to leave him , then she heard Anthea 's clear tones . |
| 7 | I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else . |
| 8 | Oh , I know , you do n't like to ask him for anything my dear , you do n't have to tell me , I 've seen it all before . |
| 9 | She did n't know whether she should take his penis into her mouth , and did n't like to ask him . |
| 10 | I did n't like to ask him |
| 11 | He 's had one minor heart attack already , I would n't like to cause him another . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't like leaving him with Ma , ’ Aunt Sarah said occasionally , worried . |
| 13 | When they had finished unloading , Therese said , ‘ My coco , I shall be helping Loulou for the next week or two , I do n't like leaving him much when he 's working on those big things . |
| 14 | I did n't like to see him like this so when the second man had gone I turned to Dad . |
| 15 | I would have thought , that after Sir Edward 's meeting , or Ted , I kno I do n't like to call him Ted , I know you know him intimately , David , so you can call him Ted , I 'll call him Sir Edward , but after Sir Edward 's meeting with Tariq Aziz , surely that was enough , was n't it ? |
| 16 | He always seems to have a sore throat and a fever , so I do n't like to leave him when he 's not well . |
| 17 | This was patently untrue , but Sam did n't like to tell him . |
| 18 | I 've certainly become aware that I would n't like to cross him , particularly on a matter of principle . ’ |
| 19 | The Leader is sad , very sad , he 's near to tears that the opposition spokesman is so unkind about him and spreads such cruel lies ; his friends are even sorrier for him , they do n't like to hear him insulted and misunderstood . |
| 20 | Erm he 's just come down with this rotten old cough and cold again and I was going to take him to the doctor 's but then they do n't like it giving them anything and I do n't like giving him anything so |
| 21 | I can smell the faggy smell even when he has brushed his teeth a couple of time and rinsed with mouthwash ’ ) and drinking ( ‘ If my husband has been drinking I do n't like to kiss him because he has stale breath ’ ) . |
| 22 | I have n't liked to phone him up because it , you know , I certainly do n't want to be , thought that , yeah , yeah , try and be nosy or anything like that , it erm |