Example sentences of "not [verb] [being] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 2 | Israelis , used to instant retaliation , do not like being sitting ducks . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Is not used to and does not like being dependent on others . |
| 5 | ‘ I , ’ said my sister-in-law , who never , I am sure , means to be offensive , ‘ simply can not stand being idle . |
| 6 | Being deaf without speech does not mean being deaf-and-stupid . |
| 7 | It seems as if the time has come for you to bring this side of life to the fore , and even without your co-operation other people will persuade you that being independent does not mean being alone . |
| 8 | I do not mean being reactionary , simply going back to a past state of affairs , I mean reaction as the antithesis of action . |
| 9 | I do not recall being frightened , although I should have been . |
| 10 | Perhaps because it is a fine example of the Flaubertian grotesque : it can not help being serious and comic at the same time . |
| 11 | Liza could not help being conscious of the similarity of the weather conditions which , nine months previously , had been responsible for today 's journey . |
| 12 | I 'm afraid I do n't regard being unable to make money from the event as a reasonable excuse . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm afraid I do n't regard being unable to make money from the event as a reasonable excuse . ’ |
| 14 | When Alice was sixteen her mother , angry with her about something , said in a fury , ‘ You need n't think being good looking is going to be an advantage in life . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Grown-ups do n't mind being nasty to children but they do n't like other grown-ups to know they 've been nasty . ’ |
| 17 | Happiness , I knew , was not something she thought much of as an end : it was as if she had said , I 'm glad you do n't mind being poor , and , although when I replied to her , it was only to tell her about the baby , Thomas , and how he had put on five pounds and had cut his first tooth , I brooded over what I might have said while I stood at the sink or pushed the pram , making great , windy speeches in my mind , venting on my absent aunt the curious , unreasonable anger that seemed to rise up before me like a dark pit , bottomless and frightening . |
| 18 | So long as I love you , I would n't mind being poor , and I do n't want his money . ’ |
| 19 | We like to have kings to worship and admire : we love a bit of gold leaf to ooh and ah at : we do n't mind being poor just so long as there 's someone poorer than us . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't mind being personal , ’ she said . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't mind being general about Toby , but his personal life is up to him . ’ |
| 22 | We did n't mind being old fogey , as long as there was no one there reminding us of the fact . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you said you did n't mind being alone . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't mind being miserable , but I 'm not going to let Daddy and Mummy quarrel because of me . ’ |
| 25 | B : I do n't mind being ill . |
| 26 | But I do n't mind being bossy at all ! |
| 27 | do n't mind being unpopular if it gets the job done |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't mind being frightening , ’ said Lydia . |
| 29 | I do n't like being alive , ’ she said . |
| 30 | Partly it all feels a bit crazy , and Paul does n't like being crazy . |