Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They naturally did not think to apply it to their own empires . |
| 2 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 3 | But after he had left them Rain wondered whether Shildon might not want to see her about his MacQuillan inquiry , a matter other events had put out of her mind . |
| 4 | The Czech government does not want to see lots of companies go under because of a new bankruptcy law . |
| 5 | He did not want to do it in front of the crowd . |
| 6 | But Mr Reynolds declared : ‘ Our first priority is to get all parties around the table , and we would not want to do anything at this stage that might hinder the process . |
| 7 | I did not want to put anything in my mouth because if I did n't , if I ate nothing , then I would soon go to join Mama . |
| 8 | Greeks with money do not want to put it into building factories . |
| 9 | I would not want to mislead anyone into thinking that research is easy : it is hard and very time consuming work . |
| 10 | I would not want to return you to your female progenitor in what , from my briefings on human culture , I perceive to be an indecorous condition . ’ |
| 11 | On the issue of regional government , I do not want to distance myself from English history , but I recognise that Whitehall government is a long way from Manchester . |
| 12 | No , the Whip does not want to say something to me . |
| 13 | We need land at our doorstep … if Russia does not want to give it to us , she will force us to undertake an expropriation proceeding , i.e. a war , for which we have long stored up the reasons … |
| 14 | I did not want to leave her without saying goodbye fairly . |
| 15 | Mr Charlwood was a widower with two teenage daughters and did not want to leave them for longer than necessary . |
| 16 | ‘ I do not want to share you with anyone at all . ’ |
| 17 | If you do not want to scent everything in your refrigerator , keep any ripe melons in a tightly closed plastic bag . |
| 18 | For someone of this persuasion , who does not want to attribute everything to the workings of power , the problem obviously arises of why the sexes should have distinctive linguistic subcultures at all . |
| 19 | She did not want to find herself in a hierarchical situation in relation to others at work , thereby creating false barriers and reinforcing the capitalist class structure . |
| 20 | Surely she does not want to deprive them of these amenities ? |
| 21 | I do not want to hear anything like that again . |
| 22 | A Punjabi speaking volunteer was suggested to sit in , but this was not acceptable as the family did not want to commit themselves to a regular time for the volunteer to call . |
| 23 | The tone of the article was that Charman was getting out because he did not want to commit himself to the group on a full-time basis . |
| 24 | After certain difficulties with the manager of the Old Vic , who did not want to commit himself to the play on the basis of the bare outline which had been shown to him , Browne approached the theatrical impresario , Henry Sherek , and asked him if he would care to produce the play — with Browne as director — at Edinburgh . |
| 25 | For them , the change in leadership and the promise of reform opened up opportunities denied to the Red Guard generation and they did not want to jeopardise them by becoming too involved in a politically orientated movement . |
| 26 | I did not want to worry him in his last moments , so I did not tell him that Linton was also dying . |
| 27 | He may not be able to call upon the driver who took over the car to support his defence and to help him discharge the balance of probabilities in his favour , because that driver would not want to expose himself to the criminal charges of aggravated car theft . |
| 28 | ‘ I do not want to know you at all , Monsieur Lemarchand , ’ she stated firmly . |
| 29 | We did not want to exclude ourselves from membership ; but we could not accept such an automatic commitment . |
| 30 | It must be for the local authorities , which have the statutory responsibilities , to take those responsibilities extremely seriously and I would not want to divorce them from the primary responsibility for undertaking those tasks . |