Example sentences of "n't [adv] want to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , I do n't especially want to , but … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It caters for people who do n't necessarily want to be Cher . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't much want to be a charge on charity if I can avoid it . " |
| 4 | ’ I do n't much want to be at home on my own . |
| 5 | Well , do n't just want to , I mean to . |
| 6 | I do n't just want to be a ‘ cleaner-up ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ People do n't always want to be serious at lunchtime . |
| 8 | We 're looking for Scientists who do n't always want to be just Scientists |
| 9 | We do n't always want to be testing ourselves all the time , do we ? |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't ever want to be away from you again , ’ Maggie confessed , winding her arms around his neck . |
| 11 | But they did n't say they did n't ever want to ever drive a car again . |
| 12 | She had n't seen him in seven years and did n't really want to . |
| 13 | Of course he does n't really want to be alone . |
| 14 | I did n't really want to be a pretty little girl then . |
| 15 | 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 ? ’ |
| 16 | That means he does n't really want to . |
| 17 | We did put one more record together with Bob Clearmountain , ‘ Into The Fire ’ , and that 's when I said , ‘ That 's it , I do n't really want to be hands-on any more . ' ’ |
| 18 | I do n't really want to be seen as part of the team and it 's not because I do n't like them — they 're all nice people — it 's just that I do n't want to be The Word 's latest wanker . |
| 19 | I 'm sure that 's why so many people compromise and end up in relationships which they do n't really want to be in . |
| 20 | He does n't really want to be like that — he 'd rather like to be a baseball star or a Sumo wrestler . |
| 21 | It had to be done through the American Consulate at Marseilles , sixty miles there and back , she was away most of the day ; I was glad of that too , we did n't really want to be alone with each other just then . |
| 22 | It does n't really want to and I find it difficult to believe and I 'm not sure I want to because I feel so fucking drained and sore , but the thing 's actually responding , fattening and firming and rising in her kneading , soap-slick hands . |
| 23 | The Doctor could n't quite make out what it was that had moved , but going by the gelid fluidity of the apparent movement , he did n't really want to . |
| 24 | Tracy was persuaded , but as time went on , decided she did n't really want to be with him , so she left him . |
| 25 | The only thing is , I did n't really want to be a tailoress , I wanted to be a nurse , but had n't much choice , then . |
| 26 | Well , we did n't quite say that , but we do n't really want to . |
| 27 | When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist . |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't really want to , Jimbo . |
| 29 | So with it being another student union and it being like a conference in aid of the homeless and that , I did n't really want to sort of give them a load of grief so I suggested about sixty pounds . |
| 30 | Do n't really want to he 's not very keen on the prospect of going V S O or whatever . |