Example sentences of "[noun] do [not/n't] [verb] being [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes we both do in the evening but my husband does n't like being cold and puts the heating back on ’ ( Graham , 1985 , p. 246 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ People in my patch do n't like being unpopular , ’ a worker from Manchester said . |
| 4 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 5 | Partly it all feels a bit crazy , and Paul does n't like being crazy . |
| 6 | Being deaf without speech does not mean being deaf-and-stupid . |