Example sentences of "do [not/n't] mind [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He said that he did not mind discussing changes to National Insurance with me , but he did not want to involve the whole Cabinet committee . |
| 2 | Ludens was not sure about Marcus 's ability to find new people , but certainly did not mind benefiting from being an ‘ old one ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ He , too , had suffered under Miss Angus 's overbearing rule when he was at school , and he did not mind trying to make her look foolish . |
| 4 | They had gone into the largest of the rock shelters , one which he himself used when he felt very bold and did not mind looking out over the vacancy of the Waste . |
| 5 | This was the earliest technology in which power was derived from sources other than animal muscles and the output was so obviously superior that men did not mind putting up with the inconvenience of machines which were uncomfortable or awkward to use . |
| 6 | When she got there she found that it was rather full , but being a regular churchgoer she did not mind going up to the front where there were plenty of empty pews . |
| 7 | Now he was alone he did not mind committing himself . |
| 8 | It served her right for thinking too much of the violets ; not caring much for drink , she did not mind losing the Madeira . |
| 9 | George did not mind interrupting people . |
| 10 | A suggestive picture of how it works can be pieced together , as long as you do not mind taking the pieces from different studies of different drugs : work on cocaine by Nora Volcow at Brookhaven National Laboratory , among others ; on cocaine and amphetamines by Bruce Cohen of McLean Hospital in Boston ; on heroin by Zvi Vogel at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot in Israel and Anton Shofelmeer at the Free University in Amsterdam ; and on benzodiazepines ( such as Valium ) by Erick Sigel at the University of Berne . |
| 11 | I was telephoned by the late Lord Plunket , Her Majesty 's Equerry , a man of exceptional charm whom I knew well and liked , who arranged the appointment and said diffidently , ‘ I hope you do not mind wearing a morning coat . ’ |
| 12 | It was n't at all what Luce had expected , and , seeing her puzzled frown , he said hastily , apologetically , ‘ I hope you do not mind using the rear entrance , but I needed to go this way to get to my next appointment . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You do not mind sitting in darkness ? ’ |
| 14 | Let me make it crystal clear — I have done it before and I do not mind doing it again — that I do not have any fundamental or irrevocable objections to timetable motions . |
| 15 | At second interview however they said it was no problem to them to visit her , and that they now go only once a week , and ‘ do not mind carrying on ’ . |
| 16 | If you have dry skin , you may wish to mix the essences with a few teaspoonfuls of vegetable oil ; that is , if you do not mind cleaning a greasy bath afterwards ! |
| 17 | Not all of us like using woodworking machines , and do not mind spending the extra time achieving results which may be less perfect and mechanical-looking . |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't mind moving out of the limelight . |
| 19 | He did n't mind skipping a bit . |
| 20 | ( Being a Muslim , he did n't mind collecting rent on a Sunday . ) |
| 21 | She did n't mind taking him to Plenty , that was no distance . |
| 22 | Me dad would n't me dad did n't mind taking |
| 23 | After a time I said , ‘ You do n't think that if he had an outside person looking after him , who he did n't mind telling him what to do because it was their job … ‘ |
| 24 | He did n't mind telling her in no uncertain terms to keep her distance from him , not that she had any inclination to do anything else , but obviously felt no compulsion to obey those rules when applied to himself . |
| 25 | I did n't mind using the gears to achieve this , because clutch and gear change are as slick as a car 's — ladies take note . |
| 26 | Mena did n't mind leaving either . |
| 27 | Well they did n't mind catching them that these here gamekeepers they come on more or less at the finish of the harvest over the field with the guns what was left . |
| 28 | Oh yes , I was told , providing we did n't mind tucking ourselves away in a converted cow shed . |
| 29 | She does n't , she did n't mind taping or owt , she were pretending that |
| 30 | ‘ You did n't mind sharing with Caro , ’ Robbie pointed out . |