Example sentences of "like being " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't like being a burden on people like this . ’ |
| 2 | John Cleese tells Jamie Lee Curtis he does n't like being English all that much . |
| 3 | Undergraduates of moderate ability do not much like being asked to choose between differing judgements on the same text ; I can imagine them becoming confused and resentful if they were asked to choose between different critical approaches and all their attendant ideological baggage . |
| 4 | I do not like being forced to this conclusion . |
| 5 | ‘ People in my patch do n't like being unpopular , ’ a worker from Manchester said . |
| 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 | In his opening remarks in Russian , he said : ‘ I do n't like being the centre of a sensation , but I know I ca n't avoid it this time . ’ |
| 8 | Israelis , used to instant retaliation , do not like being sitting ducks . |
| 9 | At breakfast my seven-year-old daughter enquires , quite seriously : ‘ Daddy , do you like being a doctor ? ’ |
| 10 | He did n't like being alone with his Dad . |
| 11 | Those guys do n't like being questioned by Europeans . |
| 12 | Nigel did n't like being lumped in with prisoners and mad women in this way . |
| 13 | I learned quickly that she did not like being ‘ told ’ . |
| 14 | Horses certainly do n't instinctively like being patted : a pat is the closest gesture we can make to a kick . |
| 15 | ‘ I like to think I 'm a good loser , but I do n't like being cheated out of something that I ought to have won , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ I like to think I 'm a good loser , but I do n't like being cheated out of something that I ought to have won , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I do n't like being without a woman for long . ’ |
| 18 | She did not like being a victim . |
| 19 | But she did n't like being called a machine , even an efficient one . |
| 20 | ‘ Ah , well , you see , Beryl does n't like being on her own in the house at night . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ They do n't like being shunted about . |
| 22 | Maisie , like Henry , did not like being lifted . |
| 23 | I just do n't like being told that boys and men are bad . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't like being got at . |
| 25 | He had very few spare clothes and did not like being found out . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Donald , who did n't like being so rudely woken up and then bumped about , yelled at the top of his voice . |
| 28 | Most of all she did n't like being too far from town to join a Brownie Guide Pack — and even now , when she looked like being able to get into the town , she could n't join the Brownie Pack ! |
| 29 | I do not really like being touched by a stranger since I had been mildly attacked as a child , but something told me this was no casual greeting . |
| 30 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |