Example sentences of "would [not/n't] mind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably Serious , who not only stars in the film , but directed , wrote , produced and edited it too , would not mind the description being applied to himself . |
| 2 | Probably Yahoo Serious , who not only stars in the film , but directed , wrote , produced and edited it too , would not mind the description being applied to himself . |
| 3 | Similarly 26 per cent of regular smokers thought their best friends would not mind them smoking , compared with 2 per cent of those who thought their best friends would mind . |
| 4 | He might have to sacrifice somewhat of pay for this end but he would not mind that owing to the chance of rising in the Imperial Service . ’ |
| 5 | One of them would not mind sacrificing himself if he thought that the other is of more use to humanity , but sees no evidence of it . |
| 6 | Some Romanians , however , saw the emergence of General Jaruzelski and his apparently successful suppression of Solidarity after 13 December 1981 , as a good omen : perhaps , the local incompetent might be replaced by a reliable general and perhaps the Soviet Union would not mind either . |
| 7 | And when people in our main survey were asked how they would like to repay a loan ( Appendix 1 , Tables 47a and 47b and comments on those tables ) , the great majority said they would prefer monthly repayments , or at least would not mind ; only one in five said they would prefer weekly repayments . |
| 8 | Others want EMU to happen , but would not mind a slightly looser ERM meanwhile . |
| 9 | The first thing to get straight about Zurich is that it is not the capital of Switzerland , though there are times when one thinks it ought to be , and others when one gets the impression that it would not mind at all if it was . |
| 10 | She told herself she would not be shy , she would not blush when addressed as la petite Anglaise , she would not mind having her fluency admiringly remarked upon , she would not care that everyone in the shop would turn round and stare at her , the foreigner . |
| 11 | More straightforward were the comments recorded by Leonora Eyles of women in the early 1920s who declared that they would not mind married life so much if it were not for bedtime , or the anecdote related by a birth control pioneer to a 1930 conference on the provision of birth control information by public health authorities : |
| 12 | She would not mind it , nor would she take any heed of it . |
| 13 | I am sure my husband would not mind if your daughter came but it may need to be the ( comfortable ) sofa for a night ! |
| 14 | I would not mind being trained , and I am not afraid of hard work . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I was about to suggest that we eat tea together , and , that being so , you would not mind a fresh pot . |
| 16 | She eyed the biscuit plate and the Clarion Cry simultaneously — surely he would not mind if she took another biscuit ? |
| 17 | Not only are peak users paying for the high marginal costs they impose , but also those users who would not mind consuming at a different time ( e.g. households with night storage heaters , who can use electricity at a time when marginal costs are low ) are induced by cheaper prices to switch to consuming at off-peak times . |
| 18 | I can tell my hon. Friend that local people would not mind losing the south-facing slip roads . |
| 19 | I 'm sure Patrick would not mind using the extra bed in Richie 's room , so Chris could sleep in his . |
| 20 | Fabbiano would not mind if he saw the girls beginning to blend in with the guests . |
| 21 | ‘ We would not mind paying for proper wash and water facilities . |
| 22 | ‘ I would not mind a few more so I could do more work at the Exchange . |
| 23 | When Rose recovered , Steve would be returned to his mother 's care , and the matron , for one , would not mind . |
| 24 | I would n't mind so much but it was me who had to make all the moves when Andy and I first got started . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We thought you would n't mind , ’ said Rodney . |
| 26 | One woman pointed to his madder lake trousers , said she would n't mind a pair like those . |
| 27 | He has no illusions about why he was chosen for the Fogg job : ‘ They thought I was someone who would n't mind the suffering involved — and someone who was cheap . |
| 28 | I knew you would n't mind having her for just a fortnight . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If I ever settle down , I would n't mind a house like his . |
| 30 | I reckon if Sara 's in heaven , she would n't mind me brushing someone else 's hair . |