Example sentences of "[adv] like be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undergraduates of moderate ability do not much like being asked to choose between differing judgements on the same text ; I can imagine them becoming confused and resentful if they were asked to choose between different critical approaches and all their attendant ideological baggage . |
| 2 | I do n't much like being out of door in the rain or the extreme cold or even the extreme heat — although when the weather is right I hugely enjoy walking aimlessly and observing all about me . |
| 3 | I only contacted him because I 'd read the article and did n't much like being used . ’ |
| 4 | What Greg did not greatly like was the tone . |
| 5 | What they do not like is being let down . |
| 6 | Erm but one of the things they did not like is for erm to have a sales consultant on the medical practice for three weeks using their |
| 7 | ‘ The one thing that bullies do not like is being humiliated and degraded . |
| 8 | Besides I see Tracey at the weekends so we can talk about that ’ , The bit she did not like was writing it up . |
| 9 | The only dish that we did not like was fish cooked a la Galego , which seemed to mean boiled and then doused with spicy olive oil . |
| 10 | I do not like being forced to this conclusion . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Israelis , used to instant retaliation , do not like being sitting ducks . |
| 13 | I learned quickly that she did not like being ‘ told ’ . |
| 14 | She did not like being a victim . |
| 15 | Maisie , like Henry , did not like being lifted . |
| 16 | He had very few spare clothes and did not like being found out . |
| 17 | The USA , which well within the memory of the majority of its inhabitants , was the world 's leading oil supplier , does not like being dependent on imported oil , particularly oil imported from areas of the world where political unrest means that a loss of supply — for instance through a closure of the Strait of Hormuz — is always a possibility . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | NOTE Men may not like being taken to the toilet by a woman , nor a woman by a man . |
| 20 | Watering can also be tricky as poinsettias do not like being too damp ; pour water into its saucer or carefully into the compost , never water all over the foliage . |
| 21 | Is not used to and does not like being dependent on others . |
| 22 | Lewis did not like being corrected but he had to take it , and with a smile . |
| 23 | The emphasis is on the word ‘ gentle ’ , and that 's a good idea first thing in the morning , because the body does not like being rudely awakened from a deep sleep by 50 press-ups and a sprint round the block . |
| 24 | She had a very jolly time in Korea and she does not like being photographed by the Press . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | People do not like being photographed on their way to or from work . |
| 27 | In the end she decided that she did not like being a sightseer : the role filled her with an obscure rage . |
| 28 | She did not like being touched , not ever ! |
| 29 | An extension of this is that people do not like being insulted . |
| 30 | They like being flattered , or congratulated , or encouraged : they certainly do not like being put down . |