Example sentences of "we [vb past] not want " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We did not want the war , he continued , his voice getting weaker . |
| 2 | We did not want to exclude ourselves from membership ; but we could not accept such an automatic commitment . |
| 3 | Wendy and I had decided that we did not want to remain in Wolverton , if we could go to one of the more interesting towns nearby . |
| 4 | ‘ But the rest of our family insisted because we did not want him to be endangered . |
| 5 | ‘ They told us the Ukrainian single would have gone to number one and we told them we did not want to be number one . |
| 6 | As a school we did not want to be seen as constantly rolling out the begging bowl . |
| 7 | We did not want to join it because the dues were too high . |
| 8 | We did not want the ANL to claim credit for the march by swamping it with its placards ( as it has done in the past ) when it played no part in the march 's organisation . |
| 9 | We did not want cameras . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We did not want to call off the current tour because it would have created immense resentment back home among the players . |
| 11 | And in fact , though perhaps it is shocking to admit it , we took some advantage of this dreadful argument during the campaign : we said we did not want to bring personalities into the election , but of course it was important that members of the Council should be responsible people who would not take advantage of their ‘ special position ’ . |
| 12 | And we did not want to miss the opportunity of having such a wonderful day , complete with the white wedding car . |
| 13 | We did not want to impose this restriction here but wanted to let the data reveal individual preferences . |
| 14 | You see , none of us had known the poor girl , and we did not want to feel sad on Christmas Eve . |
| 15 | We did not want to be the cause of friction ; but as we were unable to ascertain what the Club had in mind by way of arrangements , we proposed tea or dinner , or , if he were not being entertained in the evening , both . |
| 16 | We took the view that we had a plan in place , a five year plan , and we did not want to be acquired . ’ |
| 17 | We did so not because we did not want money spent on community care , but because we did not necessarily believe that a one-track policy was the best way to ensure the ideal form of care . |
| 18 | I became a Member of the House in 1983 on a promise from various people that we would legislate less , that we did not want to legislate all the time , and that we would examine matters more carefully . |
| 19 | Indeed , as these stents are not removable and because we are treating patients with benign disease , we did not want to compromise a potential surgical biliary diversion . |
| 20 | Ed , I think argued a very strong case for a greater level of influence of trade unionists in the Party than is suggested in this reform and I can see the force of those remarks but the C E C adopted the position that we did not want to take a position of dominance to the Party Conference . |
| 21 | ‘ These men had been trained to do specific jobs and we did not want to see their skills just thrown away . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We did not want to have poorer people paying slightly extra to subsidise those wealthier individuals who can afford to pay up on time , ’ said council leader Michael Carr . |
| 23 | ‘ We did not want the burden of administration falling on the taxpayer so we put it on the prime beneficiary , which is the farmer himself . ’ |
| 24 | After the judgment , Neil Garrie , head of corporate affairs for London Underground , said : ‘ We did not want to cause additional stress to Mr Hale but the evidence we had would not have supported a settlement of the size of the eventual award . ’ |