Example sentences of "i [verb] n't [vb infin] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't fancy being anyone 's mistress , any more than you fancy being a husband . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm afraid I do n't regard being unable to make money from the event as a reasonable excuse . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm afraid I do n't regard being unable to make money from the event as a reasonable excuse . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 've already taken too many liberties with me , and I do n't appreciate being touched by strangers . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't like being a burden on people like this . ’ |
| 6 | In his opening remarks in Russian , he said : ‘ I do n't like being the centre of a sensation , but I know I ca n't avoid it this time . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | I do n't like being without a woman for long . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't like being got at . |
| 11 | I do n't like being called sir , and the way he said it made my flesh grue . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , I like animals but I do n't like being told what to think before I 've had a chance to make up my own mind ! ’ |
| 13 | I do n't like being made a fool of ! ’ |
| 14 | He was receding a bit , and ‘ with long hair I always looked pretty and I do n't like being pretty — I wanted a bit more of a hard image ’ . |
| 15 | Besides , I do n't like being manipulated . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ All right , I do n't like being alone in the house with the children , I admit that … ’ |
| 17 | But I do n't like being called a funking animal by a load of nonces who know nothing about me . ’ |
| 18 | Goldie — I do n't like being called Xanthe . |
| 19 | I do n't like being alive , ’ she said . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't like being reminded that I have not one drop of blood to link me with my family . ’ |
| 21 | And I do n't like being shouted at . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't like being up three flights of stairs at night without a candle . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't like being laughed at , ’ she told him , her face still stiff with offended pride . |
| 24 | I do n't like being used . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Besides , I do n't like being so close to that thing , ’ he added . |
| 26 | ‘ Of course I do n't like being ridiculed , ’ she said sharply . |
| 27 | I do n't like being deceived any more than Marc does . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't like being mothered . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't like being proved wrong , and there was no way I was ever going to admit I 'd made a mistake . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |