Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] want [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The song did not want its own mouth |
| 2 | At the first of these , according to Henry Sherek , he announced to the actors ( among whom were Alec Guinness and Irene Worth ) , " I will now read the play to you to show how I want my lines spoken " : as a poet , he did not want his own " voice " to be lost . |
| 3 | He did not want his own country to lose its identity in a supranational body . |
| 4 | St Tropez was known for its beaches , and normally she could spend hours just soaking up the sun and watching the other people parading , but she felt too unsettled to do much more than lie on her towel , playing aimlessly with the sand and trying to convince herself that she did not want anything more out of Piers than he was prepared to give her . |
| 5 | As for regret , she was feeling that already , but how much sharper it would be when he decided he did n't want her any more , as he certainly would do sooner or later . |
| 6 | When Lucy reckoned Ricky did n't want her any more ? |
| 7 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 8 | It was just a reflex — I knew it had to come off and I did n't want them all fussing about it . |
| 9 | The moment she knew it she did n't want him any more , simple as that . |
| 10 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 11 | How could it be , when she did n't want him any more ? |
| 12 | I did n't want it any more . |
| 13 | you know plenty of other little girls that would want to look after him , and I said it 's no good relying on Vicky because she , the little sister , she 's nine , she was too young to do things by herself , you know , I said there 's no way you can let , leave it all to Vicky , so that if you do n't want him any more you must tell me and I said there 'll be no hard feelings but that 's it , cos he comes first at the end of the day , so she said oh I , oh I have been naughty have you been ? |
| 14 | You do n't want me any other time , do you ? |
| 15 | you do n't want them that 's good erm , that 's a good win away from home . |
| 16 | In any case you do n't want them all the same do you ? |
| 17 | We do n't want them all we really want all the bad things at the bottom do n't we ? |
| 18 | I do n't want them all up there |
| 19 | I do n't want us both to be telling a set of different lies , and coming up the idiots after all . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh you go back if yer want to , but it seems ter me that yow 've served yer purpose now an' she do n't want yer any more . |
| 21 | I do n't want anything more to do with you . |
| 22 | I do n't want anything more to do with you , Luke Calder ! ’ |
| 23 | Oh I do n't want anything more . |
| 24 | If you do n't want it all do n't eat it . |
| 25 | It 's a shame though to let them die because th they 're I like to have a , a different I do n't want it all the same . |
| 26 | you do n't want it all , that your trouble ? |
| 27 | well then if I go onto a medium , then you 're getting all this length and all this business here , all that business and it 's too much , if I could of found a four I 'd certainly tried it on for swimming you know , but I do n't want it all baggy and horrible you know |
| 28 | All the way down until you do n't want it any more . |
| 29 | I do n't want it any more . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ It makes me want to say , forget it , I do n't want it any more , or say , next year is definitely my last year . |