Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [v-ing] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George did not mind interrupting people . |
| 2 | Apart from that one lunch party , I could not remember meeting Flora at all . |
| 3 | That 's one of the utopian hopes of the early seventies which it 's right to abandon — we should be more realistic , but that does not mean trapping people in relationships which are sterile or unsatisfying . |
| 4 | They did n't want working people to have decent clothes . |
| 5 | June Wilson , 65 in July : ‘ I do n't mind telling people my age at all , but you should always have the right to refuse if you do n't want to . ’ |
| 6 | Oh yes if I 've got a skill to impart I do n't mind helping people . |
| 7 | Smashing Pumpkins make good noise , even if , as Billy says , he does n't mind antagonising people live but would love to make pretty records : you know it 's the punk in him speaking . |
| 8 | That was quite funny because it was our first Christmas down there and I was saying to the housekeeper that I I would n't mind having people come and stay and not a problem because we 've got a lovely cooker and we 're going to bring our microwave down from . |
| 9 | We do n't like hurting people 's feelings , and we know how fragile the male ego is . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Hywel did n't like having people around , ’ said Beuno . |
| 11 | Erm I do n't like putting people on the spot if I can possibly |
| 12 | ‘ He does n't like sacking people , ’ was a common complaint . |
| 13 | I could n't face seeing people . |
| 14 | You have an open face , Nick , and you smile too easily , and you 're much too honest , and you really ca n't resist helping people ; and frankly , you 're about as subtle as a Mack truck . |
| 15 | I warn you , I ca n't stand seeing people lying in beds with bottles hanging up beside them and tubes coming in and out of their noses . |
| 16 | I do n't go giving people presents of burning dogs , or frighten the local toddlers with handfuls of maggots and mouthfuls of worms . |
| 17 | ‘ She should n't go shooting people , ’ said Lee , sitting up . |
| 18 | The last thing I want is to upset him or the family — I ca n't bear hurting people — but I 'm harmless ; you can tell him that ! ’ |
| 19 | It does n't help existing staff though does it it helps staff from |