Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't want to tip you over the brink . ’ |
| 2 | I just … . it 's just that I wanted to tell her how sorry I am about … about what happened to your father and brother but , not knowing her , I did n't want to say it in a way that might upset her . |
| 3 | ‘ We do n't want to put her under a great deal of pressure after what she 's been through . |
| 4 | You would n't mind if he married your daughter , but you would n't want to put him on the front page . |
| 5 | You do n't want to put him in a corner and have him as an enemy . |
| 6 | You certainly would n't want to put them in a different species , at least as far as you can judge from their shells . |
| 7 | They did n't , the Apple did n't like it , they did n't want to put it in the font . |
| 8 | Well let , let , let , let me tell you , I do n't want to put you on the spot , the , the , the analogy is of er the typical pattern of development of a neurosis , which Freud says is a trauma that happens often in infancy . |
| 9 | As the weather became colder , I did n't want to leave him in the pond . |
| 10 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 11 | But I do n't want to leave it to the last game of the season . |
| 12 | if possible you want to avoid that , so you do n't want to , and , and you certainly do n't want to leave it until a time when you have been taken sick and you ca n't do anything about it . |
| 13 | Only we I do n't , I do n't know about you but I do n't want to leave it until the last minute |
| 14 | I do n't want to leave it in the car . |
| 15 | ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel . |
| 16 | The duchess stayed away from Sunnie 's funeral because she did n't want to turn it into a photo opportunity . |
| 17 | She says she did want him out of the house , but she did n't want to kill him as a court was going to evict him anyway . |
| 18 | When you can use video as another classroom aid , when and how it suits the language programme you are teaching , you almost certainly wo n't want to use it in the same way at the same time each week . |
| 19 | Perhaps I would n't want to do it before an audience but then I 've never performed for others . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't want to disturb you in the middle of a meeting . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident . |
| 22 | You do n't want to stick them on the wall cos of bringing all the er paint off . |
| 23 | I do n't want to tell him over the phone , but at the same time I ca n't pretend everything 's all right . ’ |
| 24 | I did n't want to tell her about the light in the locked room , or about Mr Ross . |
| 25 | ‘ I particularly do n't want to get it at the moment , ’ he said rather irritably . |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't want to bore you with the details . |
| 27 | You may be surprised to find that she does n't want to shackle you with a ball and chain . |
| 28 | ‘ She did n't want to discuss it on the phone , that 's all I know . |
| 29 | over a number of years I was subjected to domestic violence , erm , the last time I left I did n't report it right away , morally it was my son , I did n't want to drag him through the court , but when I did I was told no , your too late , you will just be seen as a woman scorned , your trying to get revenge , and that 's it , no , I 'm not taking a statement . |
| 30 | I do n't want to share it with the rest of the bloody world , and I do n't intend to . |