Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [to-vb] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar .
2 She did n't want to hear what he had to say , did n't want to test a resistance that was already weakened .
3 I was holding off buying an away shirt , as I did n't want to wear a shirt that had never won a game .
4 I am no expert on pickups but I do n't want to get a replacement if I can fix the existing one .
5 I do n't want to make a decision that will affect my whole life while I 'm still — intoxicated . ’
6 You do n't want to make a loss if you do n't have to .
7 You ca n't wait to buy a copy and read some intriguing article you glimpse over a strap-hanging shoulder .
8 So it , it is hard to say , erm and I would n't like to make a prediction except that I think the number of postgraduate students may have fallen more than the number of undergraduate students , and that we may see already even in this first year erm a substantial not altogether healthy change in the national makeup of overseas students .
9 Yes , it 's a spotlight for the guest , and yes , it 's their show to a certain extent , but you ca n't hope to have a rapport if you do n't exist .
10 ‘ You do n't happen to have a cigarette and some dry matches , Ann , do you ? ’
11 Snooker 's a lot more fun when you do n't have to wear a tie and waistcoat — who in their right mind would want to do that ?
12 You do n't have to kill a man because he 's got more money and a nicer home than you have . ’
13 near , well not quite seven so I mean I do n't have to do a lot but I just liked to er take my time and you know
14 It 's you do n't have to sell a lot if er you 've got a couple of full pages and a couple halves .
15 ‘ You mean because you did n't have to get a job if you did n't want to ? ’
16 Because it reproduces inside another cell in this parasitic way , erm , it does n't have to find a mate or even bother to split in half to reproduce by asexual means .
17 But I was on medical and BUPA hospitals had special arrangements where they did n't have to have a cheque and where did n't have to have a banker 's order .
18 So am I , I 'm going to have a , oh have a , an orange and a lemonade that 's right , that 's what I 'll have well you must n't forget to have a wee before you go out
19 That 's why I could n't ooh I could n't stand to marry a man that 's drank you know .
20 Right I got all four here of course I did n't bother to write a comment cos I 'm delighted .
21 She had better not invest it in the stock market , because she could n't afford to lose a penny and there was no such thing as a safe share .
22 They want to protect their individuals , who perhaps at the moment they ca n't afford to pay a salary if the guy 's off sick .
23 He 's divorced and does n't seem to have a job or much money .
24 The only big difference in doing it this way is that you do n't get to specify a name or icon for the item .
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