Example sentences of "like [being] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ You 'll like being married . |
| 2 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 3 | I must admit I did like being pregnant . |
| 4 | I do n't like being alive , ’ she said . |
| 5 | ‘ They never really wanted interviews and did n't like being public figures . |
| 6 | Partly it all feels a bit crazy , and Paul does n't like being crazy . |
| 7 | He did n't like being alone with his Dad . |
| 8 | ‘ All right , I do n't like being alone in the house with the children , I admit that … ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Is not used to and does not like being dependent on others . |
| 11 | ‘ People in my patch do n't like being unpopular , ’ a worker from Manchester said . |
| 12 | Sometimes we both do in the evening but my husband does n't like being cold and puts the heating back on ’ ( Graham , 1985 , p. 246 ) . |
| 13 | He was receding a bit , and ‘ with long hair I always looked pretty and I do n't like being pretty — I wanted a bit more of a hard image ’ . |
| 14 | exactly but every body who did something like being vegetarian or what 's the other thing ? , goes to church , church people are the bloody worse |
| 15 | Do n't you like being special ? |
| 16 | Israelis , used to instant retaliation , do not like being sitting ducks . |
| 17 | John Cleese tells Jamie Lee Curtis he does n't like being English all that much . |