Example sentences of "[verb] not [adv] want to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not really want to be mutineers , but they were afraid of Tom Smith . |
| 2 | The details of it all were a little mundane to him and he did not necessarily want to be implicated in them . |
| 3 | A LETTER from Greta Garbo shows she did not always want to be alone . |
| 4 | I do n't know how to — I do not even want to — dispel this cold mist left over from the fog . |
| 5 | The elderly do not always want to be on the receiving end , and any gift of food they offer us , whether it is a meal or just a pot of home-made jam , should be accepted with appreciation , for all such gifts are a part of the pattern of love in which they still wish to be involved . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't even want to be at the presentation . |
| 7 | But she could n't draw back now ; she did n't even want to . |
| 8 | He did n't even want to be with the harem . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But they did n't say they did n't ever want to ever drive a car again . |
| 11 | She had n't seen him in seven years and did n't really want to . |
| 12 | I did n't really want to be a pretty little girl then . |
| 13 | It had to be done through the American Consulate at Marseilles , sixty miles there and back , she was away most of the day ; I was glad of that too , we did n't really want to be alone with each other just then . |
| 14 | The Doctor could n't quite make out what it was that had moved , but going by the gelid fluidity of the apparent movement , he did n't really want to . |
| 15 | Tracy was persuaded , but as time went on , decided she did n't really want to be with him , so she left him . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist . |
| 18 | So with it being another student union and it being like a conference in aid of the homeless and that , I did n't really want to sort of give them a load of grief so I suggested about sixty pounds . |
| 19 | I know it 's good , but I do n't particularly want to be reminded about how life felt at sixteen . |
| 20 | I do n't particularly want to fork out a |
| 21 | But I 'm , I do n't particularly want to . |
| 22 | Well , do n't just want to , I mean to . |
| 23 | I do n't just want to be a ‘ cleaner-up ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't even want to be , ’ Jessamy threw back at her , just a little too fiercely . |
| 25 | Do n't even want to ! |
| 26 | I do n't even want to . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't ever want to be away from you again , ’ Maggie confessed , winding her arms around his neck . |
| 28 | Yes , she is , she 's very nice but you do n't actually want to , if you 're on the , the touchline you do n't want to stand next to her . |
| 29 | Because very often on courses we find that people have been sort of nominated to go on courses , and quite honestly they do n't actually want to be there and they 're looking at their watch and as soon as they can get away that , that 's better . |
| 30 | I do n't much want to be a charge on charity if I can avoid it . " |