Example sentences of "you did [adv] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And when he asked you to marry him , you accepted , because you did not want to lose your new-found security . ’ |
| 3 | It was therefore possible to argue that you did not want it even if you could have it . ’ |
| 4 | They then , after a bit ( the boy had disappeared , the sewer gurgled empty ) moved to the end wall over the river : you did not want to miss , not now , that small boy , he had been carried out , floating face-up , his opened eyes to the burning sun in the tar of the hard still river . |
| 5 | ‘ Yet you did not want a child in this marriage ? ’ |
| 6 | Possibly this made you uneasy , or possibly , with the storm blowing up , you did not want to take your boat across to the mainland again , so you decided to let things alone , and not risk taking any stolen goods on board . |
| 7 | Blinds on their own can fit any atmosphere , particularly if windows are awkward , small or you did not want to lose too much light . |
| 8 | You did n't want to win their lousy prize , did you ? |
| 9 | Marina always wrapped things so you did n't want to spoil them by opening . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you did n't want to see me . |
| 11 | ‘ You said you did n't want to sleep with me . ’ |
| 12 | Terrible as it sounds , you did n't want to be associated with that deprivation It was a downer You wanted out There was no question of not liking blacks , it was a question of social standing . |
| 13 | ‘ Would n't it buy something for the girls here or put someone through school even if you did n't want to take it for yourself ? |
| 14 | There was remarkably little to do in the hospital if you did n't want to read Agatha Christie or knit half-mile scarves . |
| 15 | ‘ They must have thought you did n't want to fight . ’ |
| 16 | His mother had never mentioned it until now but he had heard from Mr Natchet , the postman , it was a place where they taught you things you did n't want to know . |
| 17 | Perhaps you only forgot things you did n't want to be there in the first place . |
| 18 | Nutty cried out , stung by adults ' crass thinking , wanting one thing , saying another , saying you had to when you did n't want to , and you could n't when you did want , saying you were no good when you were , and good when it was something that did n't matter , like a pootling poem or something . |
| 19 | You are a ‘ soft touch ’ and take the line of least resistance ( ie ‘ tip ’ someone even though you did n't want to , buy something you do n't really want ) . |
| 20 | ‘ And presumably you did n't want to disappoint Ibn Fayoud . ’ |
| 21 | about you that 's secret … ultra-private … as if you did n't want to be known too well . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |
| 23 | Then there were the nice people who were n't interesting , and you did n't want to know what they thought of anything . |
| 24 | I believe one of the reasons you left Fleetwood Mac was because you did n't want to tour . |
| 25 | You did n't want to be in the way when Luke hit the ball . |
| 26 | His was the only character in the film you did n't want to see garrotted . |
| 27 | ‘ I know you did n't want me to come here tonight , but there is an enchanted magician in that box and I promised him that I would get him to you so that you could change him back . |
| 28 | You wanted to try the drugs before parting with all your money , and you did n't want to be arrested in possession of a works . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | They were walking over the deep sun-baked mud-tracks of the lane and you had to watch where you put your feet if you did n't want to twist your ankle . |