Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] want [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not want Jenny to be hurt . |
| 2 | I want to ensure that the genuine claims of those who are in need are dealt with properly , promptly and accurately , I do not want campaigns to be organised on the basis that people sign a piece of paper that has been delivered to them by a welfare rights organisation . |
| 3 | Peter and Paul do not want Mummy to be ill or to have HC themselves , but at the moment there is no sure way to know for everyone . |
| 4 | Since the base category will be used in every comparison , it is desirable that there should be a substantial number of cases in it ; we do not want comparisons to be made with an unreliable figure . |
| 5 | The truth was that she did n't want Sam to be in love : not seriously in love with an older man , and the boy in the bistro was n't really a boy at all , being at least twenty-two . |
| 6 | I did n't want Mum to be alone , now she 'd left Ted and Jean , and moved back into our old house . |
| 7 | Anne was n't worried about any sin involved ; she just did n't want Topaz to be hurt . |
| 8 | And in a way one did n't want things to be over , for the uncertain future was more unsettling than the unexplained past . |
| 9 | She did n't want Gloria to be angry . |
| 10 | She did n't like many of them , but she did n't want Oswin to be ashamed of her and Angela gave her scant chance to protest . |
| 11 | Oh nineteen sixties we , we introduced that with the blessing of the ambulance people as well , it was n't done without careful consideration , because erm we did n't want people to , to just erm introduce it without knowing what we were doing and ever since we used it it 's been a great blessing . |
| 12 | She did n't want Luke to be involved , but she could n't help but remember what had been said . |
| 13 | You know like I say there is quite a lot of trust and erm I think Yona and me are sort of aware er we 're very much united in the feeling that we do n't we do n't want things to erm you know we want everybody to be involved and obviously different people have different things to offer . |
| 14 | We do n't want privatisation to be postponed . |
| 15 | Alright , in fact , my handset is just on ringing external , I do n't want Hilary to be bothered with any internal calls of mine , I 've got a call log if anyone calls me , I know they 've called me so I can call them back anyway . |
| 16 | In strong winds we do n't want beginners to be overpowered and so we reduce the sail area , that 's known as reefing . |
| 17 | ‘ We do n't want people to be abused or intimidated but just to be made aware of the fact that if they are wearing a fur coat the public have got a right to say something . ’ |
| 18 | I think yes there may well be an apathy and one should challenge that , but we do n't want people to be unwise with their love and compassion . |
| 19 | You say you do n't want Mo to be hurt , but she 's bound to be if this goes on . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't want pictures to be used that I 'd be ashamed of now . |
| 21 | When I was in the north-east , there was particular concern among business men whom I met because the north-east in particular has benefited greatly from Japanese investment and it does not want investors to be frightened off . |
| 22 | Holt does not want children to be obliged to take on any of these responsibilities and he manages to make his point by concentrating solely on the rights so that he can remark : |
| 23 | She does n't want Friend to be right about me . |