Example sentences of "people [verb] n't want " in BNC.
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1 | Labour had taken the election manifesto of 1983 — the so-called ‘ longest suicide note in history ’ — and rewritten it on the basis of what it thought the people did n't want . |
2 | When they first came to this country — like my mum , when she first came she said she could n't find a place to live because people did n't want black people on their premises . |
3 | It was bad cos there was no money , no money about at all , nineteen twenty six strike and what have you and no there was no money at all so people did n't want their babies did they ? |
4 | She says in Belgium they 'd give it scraps that people did n't want . ’ |
5 | But , the banks and building societies ha have found that people did n't want independent advice , because they did n't ask for it . |
6 | The people did n't want to hear the message , and took out their frustration on Jeremiah . |
7 | People did n't want it , were n't the money about , investments I suppose . |
8 | People did n't want it . |
9 | You had to buy too many fonts , and it was too expensive , and people did n't want to by linotype matrices of that size . |
10 | Ultimately , if people do n't want to hear you , they do n't want to know you . |
11 | Because people do n't want this responsibility they prefer having sons . |
12 | After all , if people do n't want it , they wo n't have it . ’ |
13 | Further questions on unemployment ‘ people do n't want training they want jobs ’ , homelessness and the NHS left Mr Major a little wobbly but provided him with the best and closing line of the night . |
14 | Young people do n't want to enter a hotel as a waiter or bar person , because of the demeaning stigma attached to the job , unlike Greece , Italy or Spain where it is regarded as a worthwhile career . |
15 | ‘ I 'm sure these two young people do n't want us tagging on to them any longer , eh ? ’ |
16 | ‘ A lot of people do n't want to be in the best band in the world because they do n't give a shit about themselves , ’ he remarks flatly , still playing with his half empty bottle of water . |
17 | After all , people do n't want to know about me , but about my books . ’ |
18 | ‘ People do n't want to spend £25 on a meal . ’ |
19 | We may be an enlightened society but I 'm sure many people do n't want to sit through graphic descriptions of a certain type of sanitary towel — especially at meal times . |
20 | ‘ People do n't want a Euro-processed thing , they want stuff that is comfortable , reassuring , honest and masculine . |
21 | ‘ People do n't want surprises , they like to know what 's coming , ’ says executive producer Peter Rogers . |
22 | He told staff : ‘ If people do n't want to go along with me there is no place for them in Ashworth . ’ |
23 | The campaign to ban the show is being led by Tory councillor for Bury , Mervyn Turnberg : ‘ People do n't want this nightmare again , ’ he told the Manchester Evening News . |
24 | The current Prince of Wales has been quoted as saying that ‘ something as curious as the monarchy wo n't survive unless you take account of people 's attitudes … after all , if people do n't want it , they wo n't have it ’ ( quoted in Rose , 1985 : 75 ) . |
25 | Yeah , I think some people do n't want er , the fathers having any sort of rights over them , they do n't want the access er , to the children , so in a way , they prefer to go it alone . |
26 | That it 's actually trying to enforce a pattern of family life that perhaps a lot of people do n't want ? |
27 | negative and excluding people , but I also think that labels can be very , very positive and very , very important and that 's , I think that 's why erm , people thought up the word feminism and yeah , okay we have to think about the word and we have to think about what it means for us so yeah , a lot of pe , er people do n't want to call themselves feminists because the label has such negative connotations , but it does also mean very positive things , it 's a way of bringing people together , it 's a way of supporting each other , it 's , you know it 's , brings solidarity to the movement and people need labels . |
28 | People do n't want to hear about that . |
29 | And people do n't want it . |
30 | People do n't want it . |