Example sentences of "they [verb] n't like [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't like that . |
| 2 | Ninety five percent of American political scientists are liberal democrats they did n't like that , so they wrote books criticizing congress and saying the president ought to have more power . |
| 3 | They did n't like that one bit . |
| 4 | ‘ You look well , Lili , ’ he remarked , also without warmth , and I wondered why they had ever been friends since they did n't like each other . |
| 5 | I suddenly realised they did n't like each other ; that they were rivals . |
| 6 | Also , of course , they did n't like this idea of Satan being God 's equal . |
| 7 | nearly thirty years ago , erm , we used to sell the old glass bowl fitting on er three chains , hanging from the ceiling and that , and I used to buy those in a crate of about fifty at a time , and er most of the houses had two lighting points in the lounge anyway so , and they 'd always wanted a pair and we used to have them in the shop on a display so that about eight of them could all be lit up at once and people could see them and if they did n't like those then the , we could always put another one under the set if we 'd got one in a certain colour , we could hang one of those up and er they could look at that and see what it looked like . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ Ronny unsettles defenders because he is prepared to run at them and they do n't like that . |
| 9 | Coach party 'd be very late back to Luton , and they do n't like that . ’ |
| 10 | Maybe they do n't like that . |
| 11 | But they do n't like that do they ? |
| 12 | ‘ Grown-ups do n't mind being nasty to children but they do n't like other grown-ups to know they 've been nasty . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ They do n't like new strings . |
| 14 | It was no different from the situation that most couples face in the early days of their marriage , when they discover they do n't like each other 's friends . |
| 15 | I guess they do n't like each other , judging from talking to each of them , one on one . |
| 16 | But they have a lot of misunderstandings , and because they wo n't talk , they do n't like each other . |
| 17 | They do n't like each other . |
| 18 | Even if they do n't like American politics they like the style . |
| 19 | But they do n't like physical hockey , unlike the French , who are capable of very physical hockey . |
| 20 | They 're like the emperors of old : they do n't like bad news , so their servants make sure the truth never gets through to them . |
| 21 | I think by and large they 're probably running away and do n't want to have much to do with him and they do n't like these people , probably , who use your drop in centre because they might smell a little bit and they might be down at heel and they 're not really people who are going to contribute much to the lives of those other people who are trying to get on and make things better for themselves . |
| 22 | They say they do n't like this , used to like nuts . |
| 23 | And they do n't like intuitive leaps which intuitive people make . |
| 24 | I did n't expect to see zander as they do n't like clear shallow water on bright sunny days do they ? |