Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted her to go , and she felt afraid as she realised that she did not want to go at all . |
| 2 | Nicholas certainly did not want to fight alone , and probably did not want to fight at all . |
| 3 | Graham and Laidlaw remained motionless , not daring to look at each other . |
| 4 | Bob slipped a peppermint into his mouth , not daring to look at either of them until Dyson had found words to speak . |
| 5 | In contrast to these animals , many invertebrates do not need to accommodate at all . |
| 6 | ‘ Everybody 's saying that black comedy is the next big thing , because it 's something strong and different — but unless we do something ourselves , it 's not going to happen at all . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ So you see , ’ he wound up after an interminable pause in which the flames seemed to swirl between them , ‘ it 's not going to work at all . |
| 8 | ‘ Obviously you do not have to answer at this stage if you would prefer not to , but I wondered if Mr Riddle had taken out any substantial life insurance or endowment policies ? ’ |
| 9 | The alignment of the station does not have to change at all to take account of the new east route into London in favour of which my right hon. and learned Friend has declared himself . |
| 10 | Certainly those who worked in the Cages he did not wish to like at all , but among the people who came by the Cages were some who came regularly , day after day , and they seemed all right to him . |
| 11 | Some people , indeed , would not wish to distinguish at all between the personal and amenity services , regarding them all as essentially people-based . |
| 12 | A spokesman for Astra said he did not wish to comment at this stage . |
| 13 | I suppose that , as I myself had not started to smoke at that period of time , it was worse for me , just like garlic eaters . |
| 14 | His gift of stolen peonies was discarded in a cardboard box , and she did not seem to mind at all . |
| 15 | We can not expect to arrive at consensus easily — there are a lot of things which may not seem to fit at all — but we can at least want to find out what is in common before worrying about what appears to contradict . |
| 16 | Rather curiously , this line of thought does not seem to occur at all in biological materials which all depend , as do some artificial ones , on reducing the effective stress concentration at the tip of the crack . |
| 17 | Many assumptions are made which pupils are not encouraged to question at all . |
| 18 | And we are not allowed to vote at all , but you can bet we will be expected to foot the bill when the European dream turns into a nightmare . |
| 19 | In Britain , you are not allowed to dive at all if a ship is a war grave . ’ |
| 20 | This meant that couples who had married across the religious divide were not allowed to adopt at all . |
| 21 | Occasionally you 'll get people who do n't want to take at all . |
| 22 | If you have recently buried a pet you may even find that you do n't want to move at all . |
| 23 | But it is an option that I certainly would n't want to discount at this particular er stage erm because it depends on so many er factors , it depends for example whether er the site that er has been identified for up to two thousand and six , and which is developed up to two thousand and six , has the physical capacity to expand beyond two thousand and six , and I think that that ought to be one of the considerations perhaps that we ought to look at as we move towards the identification erm er of the new settlement , conversely , it could well be that ought to be looking at a second new settlement in a different location , erm I ca n't give an answer , a definitive answer , what I can say is , coming back again er to Mr Brook , this sort of issue er will not be picked up in nineteen eighty eight or nineteen eighty nine , er if we are all alive and kicking in North Yorkshire and the District Councils we will be looking at it regularly , we 'll be looking at it in two years time , one years time , erm erm that 's the way we work in Greater York , and it 's basically worked very successfully . |
| 24 | I — I have enough , I — I just do n't want to live at all ! ’ |
| 25 | Kings boss Chris Kelly added : ‘ I did n't want to play at all and feel that on a neutral ground with our display against Peterborough we could have pulled off a shock win . |
| 26 | ‘ There were times when I really did n't want to play at all . |
| 27 | Do n't want to interfere at all in the business of the administration of the scheme , the investment side of it , but there are clearly , discretionary areas in the superannuation regulations , which effect significantly your pay , employment and reward policies . |
| 28 | Mine do n't want to come at all , my dad said good god that sounds like a waste of time . |
| 29 | Certainly wo n't want to book at that Barry ! |
| 30 | that 's the cream , do n't want to look at that . |