Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] about [being] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Goodness me , do n't start taking that as a compliment , she cares about everyone 's feelings , she 's an archetypal victim , she 's an absolute fool about other people 's feelings , and let me warn you , I may as well warn you , the more she dislikes somebody , the more somebody annoys her , the more careful she is not to hurt their feelings , in fact the only people she is ever rude to are people like me and Gabriel and Papa , I mean people she cares for enough not to worry about being fair to . |
| 2 | We are also not bothered about being famous or number one in the charts . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps this will teach me not to think about being beautiful , ’ she said sadly . |
| 4 | It has been expanding ever since those 70s feminists took to wearing boiler suits to prove they did n't care about being attractive to men . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Scooper 's blind 83-year-old mother , Henny , whose cancerous breast parallels Scooper 's atrophied heart , is in a hospital bed , facing an appalling future ( she has cheated death by her refusal to stop talking ) but still struggling to get across her philosophy : do n't worry about being healthy — just live ! |
| 6 | Do n't worry about being tactful when you interrupt them . ’ |
| 7 | Well I certainly would n't worry about being rude to that to Don the train spotter . |