Example sentences of "[adv] like be [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He did n't like being tied up to the women . |
| 2 | Nigel did n't like being lumped in with prisoners and mad women in this way . |
| 3 | ‘ I like to think I 'm a good loser , but I do n't like being cheated out of something that I ought to have won , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ I like to think I 'm a good loser , but I do n't like being cheated out of something that I ought to have won , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Zero , 25 , a self-proclaimed otaku , flunked out of the maths department at Tokyo 's Keio University because he did n't like being ordered around by teachers to whom he felt superior . |
| 6 | I disliked these two intensely and did n't like being told off for being rude to them , so I told her peevishly that I was n't staying while they were there and kicked off the slippers , put on my clogs and ran out banging the door behind me . |
| 7 | A , that I was upset , I do n't like being fined , but it 's also I do n't like being told off by anybody , you know , it 's a sort of basic child reaction . |