Example sentences of "[not/n't] want [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not want to abandon these . |
| 2 | As Institute president Ian Plaistowe said very wisely in his letter to the Financial Times , we should work towards recording similar events in similar ways ; my point was simply that we do not want to record different things in similar ways , and that is where judgment will come in : for example , some securitisations are valid , others not . |
| 3 | I do not want to die , James my son , but I do not want to live all my life in an English prison . |
| 4 | Having said that he 's been out that long you know Alan and Cooper he 'll not want to miss any more football surely ? |
| 5 | I did not want to take this , but he insisted . |
| 6 | It claims many of the 3m British women receiving contraceptives on the National Health Service will not want to take older , cheaper types just because they remain available free . |
| 7 | At Westminster they disembarked at King 's Steps , Corbett pulling the hood of his cloak over his head to avoid recognition by any of his colleagues in the Chancery or the Exchequer for he did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter . |
| 8 | If we do not want to reset entire articles ( impossible in the rush of printing schedules ) , the only place we can make cuts or additions is at the end of paragraphs . |
| 9 | He wanted to succeed because he did not want to let poor old Bones down . |
| 10 | ‘ As for this , ’ she said , ‘ I am taking this , my sweet , to show your father who , I feel sure , will not want to let such a thing go unnoticed . ’ |
| 11 | Something similar to this can happen in discussion if a speaker does not want to let another interrupt . |
| 12 | Despite his well known views on EC federalism , de Gaulle 's first concern was with Germany , although , unlike his successors , he did not want to employ supranational structures to contain Germany . |
| 13 | Those who choose to risk their lives earning a living at sea do not want to be forced to give up , but they are realists and they do not want to go bankrupt either . |
| 14 | Obviously one would not want to see that scene again . ’ |
| 15 | I am sure that the more sensible people in racing and in the Jockey Club would not want to see that . ’ |
| 16 | I do not want to see disabled excluded from it , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Redmond , Washington-based Microsoft Corp does not want to see any part of the digital automation process that is not touched by Windows , and the company has developed a specification for computer integrated telephony for the MS-DOS personal computer , with which , needless to say , it is aiming to set the industry-standard . |
| 18 | erm One of our buyers , Spain , er was not in favour of that solution because they were not a member of the tornado team and they did not want to see some kind of old boys club er running this project which was very important to them . |
| 19 | She hates Odborough and does not want to see more of it than need be . |
| 20 | We do not want to see more knife carrying by people who are mentally ill , although that clearly affects a minority of community care cases . |
| 21 | Coun Philip Stamford Bewlay ( Con ) said he did not want to see another pub in the town centre but officers said that was not an issue the planning committee is entitled to discuss . |
| 22 | We do not want to see those jobs destroyed . |
| 23 | Some novice gardeners may not want to do much actual gardening at all , but conversely , do not want to look out every day over a scene of threadbare grass and rotting fence . |
| 24 | I could attack the capital and kill all the Lilliputians , but when I remembered the King 's past kindness to me , I did not want to do that . |
| 25 | However , Owen did not want to do that if it could be avoided . |
| 26 | But , erm , you may not , you may not want to do that . |
| 27 | The Chiefs of Staff did not want to do this , and the Defence Committee was worried lest the Korean conflict should divert attention from other danger-spots in Asia and blind Britain to the risk to which it was exposed in Europe . |
| 28 | The biographies were terse and restrained , as far as his private life was concerned , and effusive only about the names and quality of his publications She thought that she might ring Peter de Salis , and ask him about Mrs Denham , but she did not want to do this , in case Mrs Denham was a lady of such fame that ignorance of her would prove to be positively compromising . |
| 29 | I did not want to do this and did n't go . |
| 30 | Do you not want to do this ? |