Example sentences of "[conj] do [adv] [adv] want " in BNC.
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1 | It was just on opening time , and I stood myself a drink in a City pub that did n't really want me — a woman was still vacuuming the bar . |
2 | This is true in the sense that electors want stability and do not much want the higher thought . |
3 | ‘ I did n't know her then , ’ he said , repressively , uneasily conscious that he had given Francesca no thought at all that day and did n't much want to think about her now . |
4 | She had n't seen him in seven years and did n't really want to . |
5 | She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing . |
6 | Sometimes he gets out of bed and does n't even want to play tennis at all ! ’ |
7 | The careful diplomacy with which this point has been made was undermined when the New York Times reported an off-the-record comment at the Brussels meeting suggesting that Mr Clinton ‘ feels the compulsion to do something but does not actually want to get involved . ’ |