Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast to Foch always ready to adopt the conqueror 's pose , one foot before the other , Pétain so hated being photographed that the only portrait Repington could find in 1918 for The Times was one of him characteristically glaring at the camera . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I do not mean being reactionary , simply going back to a past state of affairs , I mean reaction as the antithesis of action . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I do not mind being told what I can not do , so long as I can accede to an adequate reason why . |
| 6 | Sparrowhawks are still widely distributed breeding birds in Sussex , the only major habitat type of the county in which they do not breed being the coastal plain . |
| 7 | I do not like being forced to this conclusion . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Israelis , used to instant retaliation , do not like being sitting ducks . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | People do not like being photographed on their way to or from work . |
| 12 | An extension of this is that people do not like being insulted . |
| 13 | They like being flattered , or congratulated , or encouraged : they certainly do not like being put down . |
| 14 | ‘ They do not like being deceived , the Soldier-folk . |
| 15 | At the same time , socialists do not like being reminded of their own dismal record when in government a long time ago . |
| 16 | I do not recall being frightened , although I should have been . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Artists do just stop being able to do it . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't fancy being anyone 's mistress , any more than you fancy being a husband . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm afraid I do n't regard being unable to make money from the event as a reasonable excuse . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm afraid I do n't regard being unable to make money from the event as a reasonable excuse . ’ |
| 22 | , we 'll get some of those , I 'll put them in , in the trolley , come on , now Charlotte please do n't start being naughty , do n't start . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I do n't hate being here , ’ Nick said , sounding surprised . |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't consider being accused of being a ‘ clinging ’ woman a good enough reason ? ’ she hurtled in hotly . |
| 25 | ‘ You 've already taken too many liberties with me , and I do n't appreciate being touched by strangers . ’ |
| 26 | We now know that Robin Smith , John Cunningham and Pat Walsh in Scotland , and Arthur Dolphin and Pete Greenwood in the Lakes , were doing first ascents every bit as difficult as those by Joe Brown and Don Whillans — but I do n't remember being aware of this at the time . |
| 27 | Check this in advance with your service manager so that you do n't risk being caught out when you are in a hurry . |
| 28 | Do n't risk being left out . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't like being a burden on people like this . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ People in my patch do n't like being unpopular , ’ a worker from Manchester said . |