Example sentences of "n't [verb] mind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I do n't know , just er , I do n't know really , I do n't want to mind cos he 's been there five years , so if he does get made redundant he 's got a chance of getting a little bit of money , not a lot , but it would help . |
| 2 | The hardest part was establishing the rhythm and co-ordination but luckily he 's a tolerant chap who did n't appear to mind when I got it wrong . ’ |
| 3 | The Gazette did n't appear to mind as long as my first loyalty remained to them . |
| 4 | She did n't appear to mind the first time . |
| 5 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
| 6 | I take your point Anne , but I would prefer to help the MP understand that the nature of the way that this department is run is that officers do take responsibility for their specialist areas of work , the senior management has always supported that , and I do n't feel minded to change it because the MP finds it difficult . |
| 7 | This is a happy occasion and people are n't going to mind . |
| 8 | Would n't have minded sipping pink gins aboard a cruiser myself , but the job 's got to be done and we have got plenty worth fighting for . |
| 9 | I would n't have minded but I could n't get it in the hole after that . |
| 10 | Philip thought he would n't have minded going to his school . |
| 11 | I would n't have minded him blind . |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't have minded being an actress , ’ she says , ‘ but I 'm happy with the shop . ’ |
| 13 | After that implication that she was still in the prime of her fertile years , Mrs Strawson would n't have minded telling him anything . |
| 14 | I would n't have minded if I 'd had a bump on my head , a cross on it or a bullet through it . |
| 15 | She was no Harriet-Meredith would n't have minded betting a few men bought her champagne . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I would n't have minded , but they just threw mine at me when we were kitted out . |
| 17 | It covered a large area , and I really would n't have minded leaving Nigel there , but the compost heap was what he wanted , and the compost heap was where he was going . |
| 18 | ‘ I know I should n't have minded , you 've a right to your own life , it 's just that — well , you never come up to London in the evenings , you 're always too busy . |
| 19 | For himself , he would n't have minded a posting ; in fact , he would have welcomed it , because there was another complication entering his life : vague , but nevertheless there . |
| 20 | They would n't have minded so much if 63-year-old Dave had picked the right offices . |
| 21 | But he admitted with a grin : ‘ If that was a trial run for Sunday I would n't have minded a bit more notice ! |
| 22 | It 's all right , Stuart , I thought , I would n't have minded if you 'd left that till after I arrived . |
| 23 | In any other circumstances I would n't have minded going shopping with Oliver . |
| 24 | ‘ So you would n't have minded having one ? ’ |
| 25 | He would n't have minded so much if there 'd been a rise somewhere along the line — a moment of triumph , no matter how brief — but he 'd gone from children 's programmes to women 's programmes to the Devil in one slow , unspectacular but continuous slide . |
| 26 | If it would have caught Meredith 's attention she would n't have minded a bone lodging in her gullet , but then there was always the risk he might think she was merely coughing — she could choke for nothing . |
| 27 | I would n't have minded that . |
| 28 | Would n't have minded if the driver had gone in for some stronger magic — the old Christianity did n't seem to be having much effect on his driving . |
| 29 | I would n't have minded looking like that five years ago , come to think of it , or even ten . |
| 30 | I would n't have minded turning her over myself . ’ |