Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] like be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Erm but one of the things they did not like is for erm to have a sales consultant on the medical practice for three weeks using their
2 Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week .
3 ‘ But you did n't like being at home , ’ said Breeze gently .
4 She did n't like immobility , she did n't like being on her own , and she did n't like the fact that the wallet still had n't been given back to her , not when she 'd nicked it at great personal risk .
5 He did n't like being in a position of ignorance on any subject , and started probing .
6 What Muslim men do n't like is for their women to work outside the home , potentially in the company of strange men .
7 I do n't like being without a woman for long . ’
8 ‘ I do n't like being up three flights of stairs at night without a candle .
9 What 's it say that the people who do n't like being in groups
10 At her parents home in Parkgate , The Grange , she said : ‘ I do n't intend to start smoking and I do n't like being in the company of people who smoke , especially when we are on holiday abroad and people smoke at the table . ’
11 ‘ I do n't like being in hospitals , ’ she complained to the consultant .
12 ‘ Ah , well , you see , Beryl does n't like being on her own in the house at night . ’
13 and this woman , she 's ninety odd and she does n't like being in the room on her own so when she goes to bed mum goes with her .
14 She had never liked being in the dark , especially being in unfamiliar places in the dark .
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