Example sentences of "do [not/n't] want [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first came my husband did not want me to go out to work . |
| 2 | She hoped she did not sound too sarcastic , she did not want him to ring off . |
| 3 | She assured the women she addressed that suffragists did not want them to give up ‘ one jot or tittle of your womanliness , your love for children , your care for the sick , your gentleness , your self-control , your obedience to conscience and duty ’ . |
| 4 | But I did not want them to stay out in the cold all night , so I kept my window open to look out for them . |
| 5 | ‘ I did not want you to find out like this , ’ he said , more gently . |
| 6 | And she did not want anyone to find out what she had done . |
| 7 | For some reason , he did n't want her to check out the vault . |
| 8 | I did n't want her walking out on me , leaving me looking a fool ! |
| 9 | He did n't want her cracking up in the middle of the Season . |
| 10 | And Ve Vera phoned this morning , Joe phoned this morning an all I did n't want them to go out , anyway I 've made arrangements to go round to see Vera on Friday afternoon and they they went out to where was it ? |
| 11 | Young Gareth did n't want them to give up , they said , but Mr Vickers senior told him you 'd be all right even if you had got lost . |
| 12 | Yet she did n't want him to go back to Australia thinking so badly of her . |
| 13 | You knew he was there , wherever you were on the pitch and you did n't want him coming in behind you trying to get the ball . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , I just got , when she said this morning I thought oh I did n't want him to pass on . |
| 15 | I did n't want him to find out . |
| 16 | ‘ I did n't want him travelling down thinking he was playing . |
| 17 | I like Rossmayne and I did n't want him mixed up in a scandal . |
| 18 | He did n't want it to work out . |
| 19 | Eve did n't want it to get back to the convent that she was trick acting in Healy 's Hotel and ogling teddy boys out of the window . |
| 20 | You know why she did n't want us to go up into the bathroom ? |
| 21 | And anyhow , ’ he ended with a trace of a grin , ‘ even though I was n't admitting the power you had over me , I think that even then I subconsciously did n't want you driving off anywhere where I might not easily find you . ’ |
| 22 | Millwall manager Mick McCarthy admitted : ‘ I did advise the lads to cool down at half-time because I did n't want anyone sent off . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't want anyone bursting in and getting the wrong idea , like you have , ’ Donna said , smiling again . |
| 24 | ‘ When you sign someone you do n't want him to move on if things do n't work out immediately . |
| 25 | Yeah , it 's just , I do n't want him to start up in the summer again |
| 26 | He 'll be all right , you do n't want him growing up a wimp . |
| 27 | ‘ You do n't want him growing up different from the rest of the kids in the street , ’ he said cunningly , because he knew this was a weakness of Preston 's nan . |
| 28 | So , I 'd an appointment in town at the hairdressers and for a legwax and that you do n't want to let yourself go I do n't want him to get back and catch me with my knickers down and my nail varnish all chipped … |
| 29 | They do n't want him trailing down th |
| 30 | ‘ You just do n't want me to carry on my business , do you ? ’ she hit back , angered at his refusal and refusing to see the rest as a compliment . |