Example sentences of "he [verb] [not/n't] want [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not want another woman , not even as emetic . |
| 2 | He gave the two armed men on the slaves ' camp orders not to leave their posts , as he did not want more hands taking advantage of the confusion to run away and join the maroons infesting Oualie nearby . |
| 3 | He did not want any services and did not see counselling help as a service a social worker might offer , nor did he want to share any grieving for his wife . |
| 4 | ‘ He did not want any friends , ’ John Openshaw went on , ‘ and he often drank a lot . |
| 5 | He promised in the Chamber that he did not want any volunteers to be turned away from offering their service , and I am sure that he will do his best to keep that promise . |
| 6 | President Jaime Paz Zamora , claiming that he did not want any confusion between " electoral campaigning and government work " , accepted the resignations of three other ADN ministers and one from the Left Revolutionary Front ( FRI ) . |
| 7 | He did not want any trouble in his respectable hostelry , and both customers were touchy . |
| 8 | He would have shared the farm with his brother in the end , as was the Irish custom , but he did n't want that kind of life . |
| 9 | No at A he did n't want that letter anyway it was number A |
| 10 | He did n't want female teachers or pupils to wear trousers — the teachers because it is ‘ unladylike and unprofessional ’ and the girls for ‘ reasons of hygiene ’ , says Cathy Pemberton , an ex-teacher from Essex Junior School in Newham . |
| 11 | He said that David was getting ready to tour America , but he did n't want normal rock and roll people — he wanted weird , crazy people to be his staff and he asked whether we 'd do it . |
| 12 | " But it seemed he did n't want any responsibility for any military action , even while out of the country , " said Habib Olahi later . |
| 13 | We knew he was sick but we did n't know to what extent and he did n't want any sympathy . |
| 14 | More especially , he did n't want any person or persons in her company to know . |
| 15 | He did n't want any fuss . |
| 16 | Quietly he asked for the Standard and handed across his money between the jutting arms ; he did n't want any trouble . |
| 17 | Mrs Beavis had said he could use the bed at nights , if he wanted , but he 'd said no , he did n't want three rooms to look after , he was n't as domesticated as that . |
| 18 | He did n't want this boy taking his planes , pretending about them . |
| 19 | He did n't want this newsman poking his nose into the trust . |
| 20 | He did n't want local elections held before the general election . |
| 21 | Yeah , can I have it , he do n't want this food . |
| 22 | Professor Graeme Davies , its chief executive , says that he does not want any unions in his building . |
| 23 | However , as he is always telling us , he does not want local government to raise more cash . |
| 24 | The region 's problems are mainly political , in his view , and he does not want more strains on the Community budget . |
| 25 | What Lorne , has , the concern Lorne has is , is that he does n't want that tape , finding its way out of our |
| 26 | ‘ He does n't want any food . ’ |
| 27 | He does n't want any shops or houses in the graveyard . |
| 28 | He does n't want any trouble with the senior staff , particularly now when we 're getting ready to move into the new Lab . " |
| 29 | Maybe he does n't want any children yet . |
| 30 | He does n't want another baby |