Example sentences of "do [not/n't] mind " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father did not mind his son becoming an Anglican priest but wished that he were not so Anglo-Catholic and not so high-principled about bishops . |
| 2 | Since the noises in the House of Commons in 1927 and 1928 , the bishops sanctioned or winked their eyes at various modifications which were sensible and did not mind that they were illegal . |
| 3 | He said that he did not mind discussing changes to National Insurance with me , but he did not want to involve the whole Cabinet committee . |
| 4 | I did not mind . |
| 5 | But even Dorothea did not mind . |
| 6 | His French proved too voluble for the interpreter but the audience did not mind ; cries arose of ‘ Let him go . |
| 7 | Cameron did not mind about that , even when Harvey Broadribb , who had been at Juillard with him , won the Academy Award for his work on the movie . |
| 8 | He did not mind . |
| 9 | Endill would ask Mr Litmus question after question and he was the only teacher who did not mind answering . |
| 10 | We realised , however , that the hard-pressed Billeting Office would be unwilling to countenance a move unless we went ‘ two into one , ; but we did not mind at all the prospect of sharing . |
| 11 | Ludens was not sure about Marcus 's ability to find new people , but certainly did not mind benefiting from being an ‘ old one ’ . |
| 12 | Now he was alone he did not mind committing himself . |
| 13 | Mrs MacKenzie did not mind the houses so close . |
| 14 | But I did not mind . |
| 15 | We did not mind . |
| 16 | He did not mind who ruled the kingdom as long as the prince was strong , courageous and ready to defend it against a ring of enemies . |
| 17 | Corbett did not mind ; he broke off his constant walking for a meal of fish broiled in milk and herbs , then returned to his task . |
| 18 | She kept rabbits in a hutch in the back garden behind the rows of cabbages and the clump of rhubarb and did not mind at all that in winter she had to wash at night in a bowl set on a sheet of brown paper in front of the living room fire because there was no heater in the bathroom . |
| 19 | Unlike some couturiers Madame did not mind if her model girls did not have the same colour hair but she did insist on identical styles . |
| 20 | They had gone into the largest of the rock shelters , one which he himself used when he felt very bold and did not mind looking out over the vacancy of the Waste . |
| 21 | I did not mind this . |
| 22 | She did not mind if he ran away . |
| 23 | Thinking he was taking a call from the FBI liaison man in London to announce Simon Cormack 's release , Michael Odell did not mind the hour : 5 a.m. in Washington . |
| 24 | ‘ And you simply did not mind , for all this boasting was conducted with such energy and hyperbolical humour , such a wry , sardonic , self-mocking edge , that you would soon be involved in a positive orgy of mockery and badinage against institutions , received opinions , each other 's supposed abilities . |
| 25 | Unfortunately at the press conference our careful recommendations about the importance of Standard English were presented in such a way that many journalists came away with the false impression that we did not mind if children spoke dialect rather than Standard English . |
| 26 | Thessy , forced to put the scuba outfit down to shake Rickie 's hand , stammered that he did not mind what he was called , but Rickie had already forgotten his question . |
| 27 | ‘ He , too , had suffered under Miss Angus 's overbearing rule when he was at school , and he did not mind trying to make her look foolish . |
| 28 | He did not mind the nightshifts or the tedium of the long lonely hours . |
| 29 | To begin with , she did not mind . |
| 30 | The Serbs did not mind how they disposed of the Muslims , so long as the area was ‘ ethnically cleansed ’ . |