Example sentences of "not want [to-vb] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She obviously does not want to go above her starting weight if she can help it . |
| 2 | ‘ That must have been interesting , ’ said Julia and then , because it was obvious that Felicity did not want to talk about her war experiences , began to swap anodyne reminiscences with her . |
| 3 | She did not want to talk to her friend about Jamie , and she did not trust herself to hold a lengthy conversation with Bridget without mentioning his visit . |
| 4 | But at the last moment , Sridevi developed cold feet , insisting that she did not want to throw in her career . |
| 5 | She told social services she did not want to stay with her mother . |
| 6 | She did not want to add to her mother 's troubles . |
| 7 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |