YOU SAID:
I was once someone they did not really like
INTO JAPANESE
私はかつて彼らがあまり好きではなかった人でした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I used to be someone they didn't like very much
INTO JAPANESE
私は彼らがあまり好きではない人でした
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I was the one who didn't like them very much
INTO JAPANESE
私は彼らがあまり好きではなかった人でした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was the one they didn't like
INTO JAPANESE
私は彼らが好きではなかった人でした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was the one they didn't like
That didn't even make that much sense in English.