Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] go [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although you may not want to go on a course , or can not afford to , it is a good idea to ask a friend or relative you feel comfortable with to play the part of the interviewer and let you have a dummy run . |
| 2 | I do not want to go on a dictionary-chasing exercise , laying down one word only to find that the marketing men have circumvented it by finding another word . |
| 3 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 4 | The issue is not expected to go to a vote . |
| 5 | ‘ I mean , I can understand you not wanting to go into a hostel , but from what you 're saying , a flat 's the sort of thing you want , is n't it ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And I tell you frankly that in my opinion one must not hesitate to go to a prostitute occasionally if there is one you can trust and feel something for … . |
| 7 | Sean had no where to go because he was not going to go to a friend 's house as he was not ready to face up to people he knew . |
| 8 | Now , I 'm not going to go into a discussion about Dickens ' view of women , which was fairly peculiar , but I do think that the popular feeling of the times was very much inclined towards the ‘ Little Dorrits ’ . |
| 9 | I certainly would not advocate as many in rugby union , but a maximum of one per team seems perfectly reasonable , and they should not have to go through a qualifying period . |
| 10 | ‘ If I was lonely , I would not have gone to a teacher and said so — he would have told me to pull myself together . |
| 11 | You have a reputation of not letting go of a thing once you have started and you would be delighted to discover that I am responsible for Ana 's blindness . |
| 12 | No she 's er she 's so she 's so keen at not letting go of a discussion she comes back , she 's like a terrier ! |
| 13 | However , often the best way of challenging a dysfunctional attitude is to test out the validity of the attitude , for example a client who believed he could not stand going to a party might be invited to test this belief out by going , for at least part of the time . |
| 14 | Let's not go go down a side road however , as it were , appealing it may be , let's stick to the main difficult one and keep chewing it until we can get an answer . |
| 15 | No I do n't fancy going to a party I do n't think . |
| 16 | Mrs Aggie , I do n't want to go to a school where I wo n't be able to get out and come home . |
| 17 | I do n't want to go to a new school . |
| 18 | I wanted a drink , but I did n't want to go to a pub at that time of the evening , when the rush would be on , and the serious drinkers getting down to it . |
| 19 | She did n't want to go to a dentist ; even her own dentist scared her , and it could n't be much — her teeth were perfect . |
| 20 | ‘ No disrespect to the rest — but I would n't want to go to a smaller club , however ambitious . |
| 21 | ‘ But I do n't want to go for a sail ! ’ |
| 22 | I do n't want to go for a ride ! |
| 23 | An Enfield clerical family took in a great-grandmother in her nineties for her last two years : ‘ she did n't want to go in a home and she wrote to my mother and asked if she could possibly look after her . |
| 24 | And I said I ca n't wait to go on a diet , ! |
| 25 | He did n't keep going in a straight line . |
| 26 | Her health suffered ; vagrant aches camped out in different parts of her body but she did n't dare go to a Spiderglass doctor . |
| 27 | I would n't mind going on a bus tour again |
| 28 | He would n't mind going for a labourer , though there were n't that many jobs ; nor would he have minded going down to his uncle Henry Yaxlee 's yard to help out with the horses . |
| 29 | I would n't , I would n't mind going for a few days |
| 30 | I would n't like to go for a week in silence . |