Example sentences of "do [not/n't] like to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not like to be contradicted . |
| 2 | She did not like to be reminded of dead things , even flies , by the stiff , still bits of leg . |
| 3 | Modigliani found her attentions annoying ; he enjoyed the sport of courting and did not like to be chased . |
| 4 | She did not like to be alone . |
| 5 | He did not like to be kept waiting at a locked gate . |
| 6 | She did n't know very much about romance , to be sure , just enough to know that it seemed to be a force that did not like to be tamed and squeezed into the orderly compartments of people 's lives . |
| 7 | And we do not like to be associated with them . |
| 8 | The Bioscope explained that ‘ the public do not like to be treated in a way that seems to be distant or high-handed ’ and so the manager ‘ should go among his people and talk to them personally ’ and he should ‘ always appear ready and willing to consider a suggestion however trifling it may be ’ . |
| 9 | Collocations like foot the bill and curry favour , whose constituents do not like to be separated , may be termed bound collocations . |
| 10 | Many experience a sense of guilt at taking out a hedge or destroying a copse of trees for purely economic reasons and farmers , no less than anyone else , do not like to be reminded of something which , in the abstract , they might find difficult to justify . |
| 11 | I have great difficulty in distinguishing between my property and anyone else 's , or at least I used to , but I do not like to be dismissed as stupid . |
| 12 | I do not like to be away for so long . ’ |
| 13 | Conservative Members do not like to be reminded of what is going wrong . |
| 14 | The Secretary of State and his Ministers do not like to be reminded that they have a welfare role , but I must stress that the back payment of entitlement at issue tonight occurs under the National Insurance Act 1946 , a Social Security Act and the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 which all state that DSS officers shall : ’ exercise their functions in such a manner as shall best promote the welfare of persons affected by the exercise of these functions . ’ |
| 15 | It is a fact of human personality that the argument which is supported by the greater weight of evidence does not always win the day ; people do not like to be proved wrong . |
| 16 | They do not like to be threatened . |
| 17 | She did n't like to be deprived of her drama . |
| 18 | But she always came back to Haworth ; she did n't like to be with famous people very long . |
| 19 | I did n't like to be touched by almost anyone . |
| 20 | The solicitor laid a hand on his arm , making Edward wince : he did n't like to be touched . |
| 21 | He was bored , and Harry did n't like to be bored . |
| 22 | He did n't like to be away from the hacienda for long . |
| 23 | He did n't like to be bested . ’ |
| 24 | Barry did n't like to be pressured . |
| 25 | Because they 're British , because their character is independent , because they do n't like to be shoved around , because they are prepared to take responsibility … |
| 26 | ‘ I was n't pleased about that interview ; I do n't like to be misquoted . |
| 27 | We do n't like to be here . |
| 28 | They do n't like to be tied down to certain types of delay ; they 'd rather leave that sort of decision until the mix . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't like to be unduly alarmist . |
| 30 | The BBC do n't like to be kept waiting . ’ |