Example sentences of "not like [be] [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 | Er I mean it could just be that they do n't like it , so anything which they do n't like is grating or |
| 6 | I do n't like being alive , ’ she said . |
| 7 | Partly it all feels a bit crazy , and Paul does n't like being crazy . |
| 8 | He did n't like being alone with his Dad . |
| 9 | ‘ All right , I do n't like being alone in the house with the children , I admit that … ’ |
| 10 | John Cleese tells Jamie Lee Curtis he does n't like being English all that much . |
| 11 | ‘ They never really wanted interviews and did n't like being public figures . |
| 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 | ‘ People in my patch do n't like being unpopular , ’ a worker from Manchester said . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |