Example sentences of "not want [to-vb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Hyslop added : ‘ There are those who were unhappy with the parliamentary group 's vote but who do not want to see months of infighting within the party . ’ |
| 2 | We do not want to pillory people without cause . |
| 3 | I do not want to play games in colour on my TV , I can do household accounts with a piece of paper and a pencil , I can learn languages easier from a book and a tape recorder , if I want information I can look it up and read it far faster than I can get it from a screen and I can turn back with a nip of the finger and read it again . |
| 4 | First , whereas positivism is concerned with the brute ‘ facts ’ of cultural life , critical theory does not want to separate fact from value or theory from practice . |
| 5 | For some reason the Dodger did not want to enter London during daylight , so it was nearly eleven o'clock at night when they got near the centre . |
| 6 | The armchair traveller for whom you are shooting these pictures does not want to visualize paradise under cloud . |
| 7 | He did not want to appear flash in front of his workmates . |
| 8 | Over the next few minutes Wickham learned that MacQuillan had not wanted to leave Barron in control anywhere , that Maureen and Barron had been and still were jockeying for position and that Maureen had enlisted Hunter-Blair 's support . |
| 9 | He was annoyed and I had not wanted to get Frankie into trouble . |
| 10 | If you have rented accommodation and ca n't or do n't want to put fabric up permanently- or are not allowed to paint , for that matter-then you can hang fabric instead . |
| 11 | But a few comments which seem to be apposite erm , we do n't want to kill animals with cruelty do we not ? |
| 12 | There was no way he could risk incurring the wrath of a superior but he did n't want to lose manhood in front of his uniformed thugs . |
| 13 | I do n't want to get Grant into trouble , but until then it does n't go to the fishes . |
| 14 | Miguel Rafaelo said quietly , ‘ You do n't want to come face to face with yourself , then , Shelley . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't want to make decisions at present . |