Example sentences of "do not [verb] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few things nettled her : she did not relish being a clearing house for family complaints , for instance , and was carefully reticent on such occasions . |
| 2 | Mrs Thatcher , in effect , did not anticipate being linked to the monetary system of an increasingly interventionist Europe in her political lifetime . |
| 3 | The West Midlands Area Tories , to which organisation Arden belonged , were holding a dance to the music of the Majorettes , but David did not fancy being enveloped in clouds of blue tulle . |
| 4 | With my wife 's reluctant agreement ( she did not fancy being left on her own with our two year old son for over a week ) , we started to plan our journey . |
| 5 | She did not deserve being pilloried like that at all . |
| 6 | I learned quickly that she did not like being ‘ told ’ . |
| 7 | She did not like being a victim . |
| 8 | Maisie , like Henry , did not like being lifted . |
| 9 | He had very few spare clothes and did not like being found out . |
| 10 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 11 | Lewis did not like being corrected but he had to take it , and with a smile . |
| 12 | Congressmen and senators did not like being bombarded with an estimated eighty legislative proposals in Carter 's first year and were unim-pressed by his resistance to compromise , his aversion to bargaining and his threats to go over their heads directly to the people . |
| 13 | In the end she decided that she did not like being a sightseer : the role filled her with an obscure rage . |
| 14 | She did not like being touched , not ever ! |
| 15 | ‘ She was very proud of her success , not guilty , and did not like being made to feel so , ’ one friend explained . |
| 16 | His face showed he had fought against passion and won , but did not like being the winner . |
| 17 | Owen did not like being reminded that he was , so far as police work was concerned , an amateur . |
| 18 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 19 | She said it was fine , providing he did not mind being one of a crowd . |
| 20 | This last statement should be noticed — he disliked assemblies and places where speeches were made at length and he did not enjoy being a chairman — but he made this single exception , the Convocation of York ; he always gave a presidential address , about which he took much trouble . |
| 21 | The original plan was that Anita would do the cooking and her husband would serve the customers , but she did not enjoy being behind the scenes and eventually taught Gordon to be a fine cook while she spent her time out front chatting up the customers . |
| 22 | And unfortunately , I told him in graphic detail , and thereby of course , lost a contract , because he turned out to be the most senior person in the room , and he did not enjoy being humiliated in that way . |
| 23 | The economy did not appreciate being forced up-market ; it went into a brief recession . |
| 24 | Universities forced to reduce staff numbers by half after the science council concluded that they were grossly oversubscribed did not appreciate being asked to take in outsiders at a further cost to their own numbers . |
| 25 | She did not appreciate being manhandled . |
| 26 | She did not remember being formally instructed by anyone , not even the older girls , though in some houses , men were evidently called in to show girls how to handset . |
| 27 | First , elected political leaders do not view being in government as their only goal , and they can easily compensate for losing office by finding remunerative employment elsewhere , especially in the USA , where only the corporate rich run for major offices anyway . |
| 28 | I do not mean being reactionary , simply going back to a past state of affairs , I mean reaction as the antithesis of action . |
| 29 | Journalists do not mind being reminded so long as they do not think you are pressing them to write something they can not be sure will be published . |
| 30 | I do not mind being told what I can not do , so long as I can accede to an adequate reason why . |