Example sentences of "[not/n't] want [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Friday afternoon , I looked steadily at one of those great green trees for ten minutes , and knew then I would not want to teach in grammar schools for ever . |
| 2 | I had tried to tell him that the world had changed drastically , but Bonefish did not want to believe in change . |
| 3 | A few years later he wrote Peter Pan for those who believed in fairies but did not want to believe in death . |
| 4 | ‘ It is a very distressing case , We do n't know what the full facts are , and I would not want to comment in detail . |
| 5 | We do n't know what the full facts are , and I would not want to comment in detail , ’ he added . |
| 6 | We do n't know what the full facts are and I would not want to comment in detail . |
| 7 | What I really wanted to say I did n't want to put in writing . |
| 8 | I did n't want to quarrel in front of Flora — it seemed humiliating over something so small — so I said , ‘ Well , it 's just that they seemed so happy and fond of each other . |
| 9 | It was your company that I did n't want to swear in front of |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't want to sit in court , it feels unpleasant . |
| 11 | Well for most people erm I mean they say to me , I do n't want to be the richest man at Millford Hill , in other words I do n't want to save in retirement indefinitely , but you are intending some capital growth as well , cos if you do n't have capital growth , you do n't protect your investment . |
| 12 | My Lords , I I I do n't want to intervene in family quarrels , but er surely the point that the Noble Lord , Lord was making was that there is no section er two A i in in force a at at the present time . |
| 13 | You do n't want to get in debt . |
| 14 | I do n't want to appear in front a judge in his first five years then . |
| 15 | Now I feel it is very hurtful when you have a boyfriend and when he finds out he does n't want to know in case the child calls him Daddy . |