Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [being] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 2 | She said it was fine , providing he did not mind being one of a crowd . |
| 3 | I do not mean being reactionary , simply going back to a past state of affairs , I mean reaction as the antithesis of action . |
| 4 | Israelis , used to instant retaliation , do not like being sitting ducks . |
| 5 | I do not recall being frightened , although I should have been . |
| 6 | Artists do just stop being able to do it . |
| 7 | I told you — I just did n't fancy being another name on your list . |
| 8 | He did n't like being alone with his Dad . |
| 9 | ‘ They never really wanted interviews and did n't like being public figures . |
| 10 | We did n't mind being old fogey , as long as there was no one there reminding us of the fact . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought you said you did n't mind being alone . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm afraid I do n't regard being unable to make money from the event as a reasonable excuse . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm afraid I do n't regard being unable to make money from the event as a reasonable excuse . ’ |
| 14 | , we 'll get some of those , I 'll put them in , in the trolley , come on , now Charlotte please do n't start being naughty , do n't start . |
| 15 | We now know that Robin Smith , John Cunningham and Pat Walsh in Scotland , and Arthur Dolphin and Pete Greenwood in the Lakes , were doing first ascents every bit as difficult as those by Joe Brown and Don Whillans — but I do n't remember being aware of this at the time . |
| 16 | I do n't like being alive , ’ she said . |
| 17 | ‘ All right , I do n't like being alone in the house with the children , I admit that … ’ |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ People in my patch do n't like being unpopular , ’ a worker from Manchester said . |
| 20 | No , do n't try being evasive with me the way you were with the police , because it wo n't wash . |
| 21 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 22 | We like to have kings to worship and admire : we love a bit of gold leaf to ooh and ah at : we do n't mind being poor just so long as there 's someone poorer than us . |
| 23 | ‘ Grown-ups do n't mind being nasty to children but they do n't like other grown-ups to know they 've been nasty . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't mind being general about Toby , but his personal life is up to him . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't mind being personal , ’ she said . |
| 26 | do n't mind being unpopular if it gets the job done |
| 27 | But I do n't mind being bossy at all ! |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't mind being frightening , ’ said Lydia . |
| 29 | B : I do n't mind being ill . |
| 30 | I do n't mind being miserable , but I 'm not going to let Daddy and Mummy quarrel because of me . ’ |