Example sentences of "[vb -s] not like [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Is not used to and does not like being dependent on others . |
| 3 | Partly it all feels a bit crazy , and Paul does n't like being crazy . |
| 4 | John Cleese tells Jamie Lee Curtis he does n't like being English all that much . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |