Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] being [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 2 | He did n't like being alone with his Dad . |
| 3 | We now know that Robin Smith , John Cunningham and Pat Walsh in Scotland , and Arthur Dolphin and Pete Greenwood in the Lakes , were doing first ascents every bit as difficult as those by Joe Brown and Don Whillans — but I do n't remember being aware of this at the time . |
| 4 | ‘ All right , I do n't like being alone in the house with the children , I admit that … ’ |
| 5 | No , do n't try being evasive with me the way you were with the police , because it wo n't wash . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't mind being general about Toby , but his personal life is up to him . ’ |
| 8 | But I do n't mind being bossy at all ! |
| 9 | The USA , which well within the memory of the majority of its inhabitants , was the world 's leading oil supplier , does not like being dependent on imported oil , particularly oil imported from areas of the world where political unrest means that a loss of supply — for instance through a closure of the Strait of Hormuz — is always a possibility . |
| 10 | Is not used to and does not like being dependent on others . |