Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [adv] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . ’ |
| 2 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 3 | But I do n't even want to think about that , because if I do I begin to hate everything . |
| 4 | I know it 's good , but I do n't particularly want to be reminded about how life felt at sixteen . |
| 5 | Well she said I 'd sort of thought of going , are you going , I says yeah okay I said , if you wo n't go I 'll , we 'll go together , I said but I do n't particularly want to get , you know , roped into it at the moment . |
| 6 | But I do n't really want to compete in that world ; I want to do it a bit differently , something a bit more personal . |
| 7 | But I do n't really want you to stray into detail which is not necessarily within our remit to er to consider . |
| 8 | Should n't , he should really but I do n't really want that to happen . |
| 9 | Gizzmo keeps trying to persuade me to go with her but I do n't really want to . |
| 10 | I , I said to him I , I do n't want , I know I ca n't have a test soon , but I do n't really want another one that soon . |
| 11 | The teachers naturally thought , because you 're black , you must have some sort of athletic ability in you ; but I did n't even want to do athletics , at all . |
| 12 | But I did n't actually want him to listen to it . |
| 13 | Even after that , they still seemed to be completely bewildered , and kept repeating , ‘ But you do n't really want to be alone , do you ? ’ |
| 14 | but you do n't really want it up to the bar if you 're going to get |
| 15 | And the other thing erm which er er is good , supposing you 're watching er a programme and there 's a football match on and you 're interested in the , the football er but you do n't really want to keep , you know , switching to find out what the score is , er I 'm talking about teletext as opposed to a programme , you press the update and it w er and if something 's happened , you know , they 've changed and there 's been a score , it 'll come up er er while you 're watching the programme , er it 'll let you know that erm there 's been something happening . |
| 16 | Yes , she is , she 's very nice but you do n't actually want to , if you 're on the , the touchline you do n't want to stand next to her . |
| 17 | But we do n't just want to scratch about . |
| 18 | Well , we did n't quite say that , but we do n't really want to . |
| 19 | If in addition we require that the production function is said to satisfy the Inada ( 1963 ) conditions , but we do not necessarily want to impose these restrictions . |
| 20 | Mum , there was a rabbit but we did n't really want a rabbit . |