Example sentences of "[pron] did [adv] [adv] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time , the idea of a strong exclusive relationship was something that I did not actually want and I do n't think that even consciously at that time , I would have sought to have had that kind of relationship with David who was considerably younger than me and also , even though I was deeply into the whole scene and everything it represented , I do n't think I actually wanted to settle down with somebody who was a musician and was leading that sort of life style . |
| 2 | Except that we were never completely apart , my love , for you were always beside me , and you were always there , and I think that without you there there were times when I should certainly have been crushed by the weight of a Crown I did not really want . |
| 3 | As I did not now want her to guess my real reason for keeping quiet on this other matter , I used the truth , if not all the truth . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't particularly want to think about it . ’ |
| 5 | I always intended to visit him after the war , but you know how it is : things were difficult , I was confoundedly busy at the University , I did n't particularly want to see Viola again though you 've got to swallow the pill with the jam , have n't you , and there was no particular reason why I should n't see her again . |
| 6 | Aside from the fact that I 'm not normally given to physical violence , I 'm quite well known locally , and I did n't particularly want to be seen carrying a half-naked woman ashore — which is what you threatened me with . |
| 7 | Yes , as I said previously , I did n't particularly want to go into the detail , because obviously as a member of P A G , Mrs , you 'll get an opportunity to see that particular detail . |
| 8 | I became so quiet and lonely and sometimes I did n't even want to see my husband ( after my daughter was born and when she was a baby ) . |
| 9 | I did n't even want to come . ’ |
| 10 | The teachers naturally thought , because you 're black , you must have some sort of athletic ability in you ; but I did n't even want to do athletics , at all . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't even want to ask anything . |
| 12 | I did n't even want to go ! ? |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't even want to be at the presentation . |
| 14 | I did n't even want to see it . |
| 15 | I did n't even want to listen when you tried to explain … |
| 16 | You 'd say , rubbish I did n't even want to know whether it was say two thousand two hundred and twenty six . |
| 17 | It was my dream , and I did n't just want to bash out songs and see how it went . |
| 18 | I did n't exactly want one of the Corporals to come up , put his arm around me and say ‘ Tell me all your problems ’ , but I felt bloody intimidated by the impersonal approach . |
| 19 | I did n't really want to marry her or nothing , but I thought , you know , that we was friends like . |
| 20 | He said , ‘ What can I do for you ? ’ and I said ‘ I did n't really want to get out of anything ; I 'm OK . ’ |
| 21 | I did n't really want to be a pretty little girl then . |
| 22 | What I had so far seen of Binbrook held no charms for me — it was bare , isolated , and I did n't really want to seek out yet another Met Office with another set of people to get to know , now that the war was over , and there was no reason that I could see for us to continue plotting charts and reading instruments . |
| 23 | I suppose some people might have but I think I did n't really want to face up to the fact that he might have been that man on the beach . ’ |
| 24 | This is a step I did n't really want to take as the text books and scientific articles indicate that the fry feed on a mucus secretion on the parents flanks which is necessary to their health . |
| 25 | I did n't really want it . |
| 26 | I did n't really want to start a relationship like that . |
| 27 | The only thing is , I did n't really want to be a tailoress , I wanted to be a nurse , but had n't much choice , then . |
| 28 | I do n't know , I did n't really want to work in an office . |
| 29 | I did n't really want had a mastectomy. another lump there . |
| 30 | I did n't really want that man anyhow . ’ |