Example sentences of "like [be] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those guys do n't like being questioned by Europeans . |
| 2 | I do not really like being touched by a stranger since I had been mildly attacked as a child , but something told me this was no casual greeting . |
| 3 | ‘ He wo n't like being bested by friends of a black lady , ’ said Werewolf seriously . |
| 4 | She had a very jolly time in Korea and she does not like being photographed by the Press . |
| 5 | ‘ I just do n't like being used by rich politicians , ’ Ellen said angrily , though I silently noted she had no objections to taking their money . |
| 6 | However , if we do not like being judged by an external tribunal , if we do not like our citizens being interrogated by foreign judges about acts committed in the United Kingdom , if we do not like our Acts of Parliament and our internal administration being scrupulously picked over by a European Commission , if we do not like the relations between the Crown and its possessions being altered over our heads , the remedy is in our own hands . |
| 7 | He was worried that a dairymaid might leave the dairy , and then her cows would not like being milked by a stranger . |
| 8 | Her heart steadied and , deciding that she quite liked being teased by him , she smiled . |