Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] being " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duncan leant back , not enjoying being the object of the Russian 's amusement . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But then this leads to the idea that perhaps a number of women do not enjoy being part of a couple and that a single woman in their midst acts like a demented lighthouse : enticing hapless travellers , by its safe and steady beam , on to the rocks below . |
| 7 | And in his present state of mind , I for one would not enjoy being on the receiving end of his temper . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I do not mind being told what I can not do , so long as I can accede to an adequate reason why . |
| 11 | She said it was fine , providing he did not mind being one of a crowd . |
| 12 | I would not mind being trained , and I am not afraid of hard work . ’ |
| 13 | He does not mind being the butt of his colleagues ' jokes because he always has the last laugh . |
| 14 | I do not like being forced to this conclusion . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Israelis , used to instant retaliation , do not like being sitting ducks . |
| 17 | I learned quickly that she did not like being ‘ told ’ . |
| 18 | She did not like being a victim . |
| 19 | Maisie , like Henry , did not like being lifted . |
| 20 | He had very few spare clothes and did not like being found out . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | NOTE Men may not like being taken to the toilet by a woman , nor a woman by a man . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Is not used to and does not like being dependent on others . |
| 26 | Lewis did not like being corrected but he had to take it , and with a smile . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She had a very jolly time in Korea and she does not like being photographed by the Press . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | People do not like being photographed on their way to or from work . |