Example sentences of "not like be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides I see Tracey at the weekends so we can talk about that ’ , The bit she did not like was writing it up . |
| 2 | She did not like being touched , not ever ! |
| 3 | ‘ She was very proud of her success , not guilty , and did not like being made to feel so , ’ one friend explained . |
| 4 | An extension of this is that people do not like being insulted . |
| 5 | I do not like being forced to this conclusion . |
| 6 | However , if we do not like being judged by an external tribunal , if we do not like our citizens being interrogated by foreign judges about acts committed in the United Kingdom , if we do not like our Acts of Parliament and our internal administration being scrupulously picked over by a European Commission , if we do not like the relations between the Crown and its possessions being altered over our heads , the remedy is in our own hands . |
| 7 | She had a very jolly time in Korea and she does not like being photographed by the Press . |
| 8 | People do not like being photographed on their way to or from work . |
| 9 | ‘ They do not like being deceived , the Soldier-folk . |
| 10 | He had very few spare clothes and did not like being found out . |
| 11 | Maisie , like Henry , did not like being lifted . |
| 12 | They like being flattered , or congratulated , or encouraged : they certainly do not like being put down . |
| 13 | He was worried that a dairymaid might leave the dairy , and then her cows would not like being milked by a stranger . |
| 14 | Owen did not like being reminded that he was , so far as police work was concerned , an amateur . |
| 15 | At the same time , socialists do not like being reminded of their own dismal record when in government a long time ago . |
| 16 | Congressmen and senators did not like being bombarded with an estimated eighty legislative proposals in Carter 's first year and were unim-pressed by his resistance to compromise , his aversion to bargaining and his threats to go over their heads directly to the people . |
| 17 | Lewis did not like being corrected but he had to take it , and with a smile . |
| 18 | NOTE Men may not like being taken to the toilet by a woman , nor a woman by a man . |
| 19 | My leg , which never mended properly after the accident , has not liked being cooped and cramped and bound , and like a mistreated animal it has turned against its master , making itself all pain . |
| 20 | What they do n't like is turning up at the House of Commons and having to do some work , because they ca n't stand the pressure . |
| 21 | He and Nell were agreeing that after the scene the actors would leave again ( all except Giles-the-murderer ) , even though they did n't like being banished all the time and were complaining about it . |
| 22 | He did n't like being tied up to the women . |
| 23 | The Romanians are really a West European nation — in language , culture , history and so — on and they do n't like being dictated to by these Mongols , as they see them . |
| 24 | Those guys do n't like being questioned by Europeans . |
| 25 | On–y the other day she was saying to me that people with no parents did n't like being asked questions . ’ |
| 26 | The noise level in the room is evidence that the children are having a good time but they do n't like being asked silly questions . |
| 27 | They bear more blooms than H.T.s : some are very floriferous indeed , and bear large clusters which in stagnant air conditions , can increase the risk of diseases like mildew and those pests that do n't like being blown about . |
| 28 | Besides , I do n't like being manipulated . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Of course I do n't like being ridiculed , ’ she said sharply . |
| 30 | Nigel did n't like being lumped in with prisoners and mad women in this way . |