Example sentences of "he [adv] do [not/n't] [vb infin] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt strange being with someone like me who was open with him yet did n't want to be involved . |
| 2 | I knew he 'd used firearms in the past and because he was on the run from prison he obviously did n't want to be rearrested . |
| 3 | as if he suddenly did n't want to be here at all . |
| 4 | He just does n't seem to be clicking . |
| 5 | It did not take Hugo long to decide that the boy was wilful : he could learn , he just did not want to . |
| 6 | Maidstone had now stepped up to the bar beside Sandison but he still did not look to be at ease . |
| 7 | He said hardly anything , I knew he really did n't want to be with us ( with Caroline ) but he 'd caught us up ; he ca n't have spotted from behind who we were , he was obviously going the same way . |
| 8 | As we know er Darwin published his great work in eighteen fifty nine cos he had to , he really did n't want to but was forced , but in eighteen seventy one he published another important book called the Descent of Man or Evolution in Relation to Sex and in this book Darwin established a principle , which a which at the time he was widely criticized and ridiculed and this was the principle of female choice . |
| 9 | He simply does not need to be loved , apparently , whether by his relatives or anyone else ; he does not even , at all reliably , want it . |
| 10 | But he simply does not come to grips with the genuine political and cultural difficulty of establishing effective institutions for research in applied sciences , such as agriculture and medicine , which can not be seeded entirely by individual commitment and talent . |
| 11 | He simply did not want to be solemn . |
| 12 | He evidently did n't want to be seen . ’ |
| 13 | He certainly did not seem to be missing her and , unless someone else mentioned her , he never did . |
| 14 | He certainly did n't appear to be overburdened with guilt about leaving the rest of his crew to do all the work . |
| 15 | He certainly did n't account to her for his ! |
| 16 | But he definitely does n't get to me ! ’ |