Example sentences of "n't really want " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't seen him in seven years and did n't really want to . |
| 2 | ‘ You do n't really want people to see you . ’ |
| 3 | She was used to seeing him in pyjamas by now ; also , by now , she quite understood why he would n't really want people to see him . |
| 4 | Of course he does n't really want to be alone . |
| 5 | I did n't really want to marry her or nothing , but I thought , you know , that we was friends like . |
| 6 | He said it would be a mistake , ‘ a mistake in sentiment ; for it could only mean that we were embalming the corpse of something that is n't really dead and need n't die at all — an aesthetic mistake — because we do n't really want to have the taste of our schooldays established as a boundary for our whole lives ’ . |
| 7 | But John Drake does n't really want to talk about rare plants . |
| 8 | He said , ‘ What can I do for you ? ’ and I said ‘ I did n't really want to get out of anything ; I 'm OK . ’ |
| 9 | He did n't really want outsiders to know why he was there . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't really want to imagine what they were like but I know it 's not an intense thing for him to do like Platoon was . |
| 11 | Even if the work has piled up a bit , you would n't really want to chicken out , would you ? |
| 12 | I did n't really want to be a pretty little girl then . |
| 13 | I said , ‘ I do n't really want to hear this ; tell me what was wrong with it . ’ |
| 14 | I 've had the front hub off and checked it all , renewing the gasket but still it seems to be losing oil.l hope you can help as I do n't really want to get the garage to sort it out as it will cost a small fortune . |
| 15 | If I am to change it I feel that I might as well put a larger engine in it , could you please advise me what would be the best petrol engine and would I have to convert it to 12 volt ; which I do n't really want to do . |
| 16 | ‘ You ca n't really want the handicapped , the mentally dull , the physically frail to reproduce themselves ad infinitum ? |
| 17 | He did n't really want her to hear her mother being strangled . |
| 18 | I 'll have dried out a bit by the time I get to the cottage , and I do n't really want to go all the way back to the farm after I 've come this far . ’ |
| 19 | He does n't really want it for anything , but he is n't keen on having what he calls a flock of children on his land . |
| 20 | Anne realized that she did n't really want to leave she 'd just wanted a happier home . |
| 21 | You are a ‘ soft touch ’ and take the line of least resistance ( ie ‘ tip ’ someone even though you did n't want to , buy something you do n't really want ) . |
| 22 | Even after that , they still seemed to be completely bewildered , and kept repeating , ‘ But you do n't really want to be alone , do you ? ’ |
| 23 | What I had so far seen of Binbrook held no charms for me — it was bare , isolated , and I did n't really want to seek out yet another Met Office with another set of people to get to know , now that the war was over , and there was no reason that I could see for us to continue plotting charts and reading instruments . |
| 24 | She did n't really want him , of course but she simply had to prove to herself that he would prefer her to Sally , given the choice . |
| 25 | But if it is a hung parliament , this will be because we do n't really want anyone to have any power . |
| 26 | ‘ I ought to get some sleep , ’ he said , but the coke had taken hold , it was lifting him , and he had such a good seat at the circus , he did n't really want to leave . |
| 27 | The woman at the hotel did n't really want kids and with summer holidays approaching could get a better rate for her rooms . |
| 28 | That means he does n't really want to . |
| 29 | Also , my brother was such a good trumpet player that I knew I would never be as good as he was , so there was that in there too : like , ‘ God , I do n't really want follow in this guy 's footsteps . ' ’ |
| 30 | We did put one more record together with Bob Clearmountain , ‘ Into The Fire ’ , and that 's when I said , ‘ That 's it , I do n't really want to be hands-on any more . ' ’ |