Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] want a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because you do not want a return to destructive two party politics and you do know at first hand that Liberal Democrats do put ‘ people first ’ ; that local income tax is a fair and predictable alternative to the poll tax ; that our stance on Hong Kong is morally right and that we realise the urgency of environmental action with targets for achievement away ahead of the other two parties . |
| 2 | Clearly , the British people do not want a return to the failed interventionist , socialist policies of the 1960s and 1970s — and that is another reason why Labour will be defeated at the next general election . |
| 3 | The Building Employers Confederation and the trade unions — the key providers — do not want a levy at 0.25 per cent . |
| 4 | We certainly do not want a winter without any cricket . ’ |
| 5 | He assured congress , ‘ I do not want a honeymoon with you . |
| 6 | Older teenagers do not want a mother to be yearning over them day and night , even when several hundred miles lie between them . |
| 7 | Will you , Mr. Speaker , tell the House whether you have been approached on the subject , and , if so , have the Opposition told you why they do not want a statement on it ? |
| 8 | Do n't want a pile in the cellar when carpet delivery comes . |
| 9 | I do n't want a weekend with Jim where I , I 'm in trouble all weekend ! |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't want a temperament like that , ’ the woman said , as they left . |
| 11 | I do n't want a discussion about this because it 's going to engender more problems than it will solve . ’ |
| 12 | mm , mm , I do n't want a bit of |
| 13 | You do n't want a bit of sedimentation and then a gap when nothing was being laid down and then a bit more being sedimented , because , you know , you do n't know then whether the jumps you see in the record are simply there because there was a gap in deposition , or whether they really reflect the sudden change in the population . |
| 14 | But I mean I do n't want a fight with I just do n't wan na make up with her . |
| 15 | Obviously I do n't want a wife of Peter 's around the place if she 's not going to behave in a civil manner to me . ’ |
| 16 | Anyway so and then of course Oh that was another thing , I said to him , No you 'll want to sit somewhere you 'll want I do n't want a desk in there , I 'm not having my desk in there . |
| 17 | You sure you do n't want a couple of ? |
| 18 | I do n't want a repetition of — ’ She broke off , face burning . |
| 19 | THE little boy next door said to his father : ‘ Dad , I do n't want a bike for Christmas anymore . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I do n't want a word with him . |
| 21 | Even if you do n't want a change of colour , lights of the same shade as your natural hair are just as effective . |
| 22 | Yeah I do n't want a lot off the back mind Sue , then it can grow . |
| 23 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 24 | I do n't want a lot of nosey coppers asking her questions till she feels better . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't want a lot of people , do you ? ’ |
| 26 | tha , yeah , they said if , if you do n't want a lot of |
| 27 | These figures have always traditionally been very unreliable , but I 'm hoping that it also might indicate that across the country and also in Oxfordshire we are developing what we call out-reach services and the idea is for people to get in contact with drug users who probably do n't want a lot of the time to stop using drugs . |
| 28 | Ah , but you do n't want a lot after that , will you |
| 29 | No , I do n't want a lecture on the birds and the bees , I was just wondering where software companies find them , and how they learn their art in the first place ? |
| 30 | We 're not doing that on purpose because we do n't want a repeat of what happened over there in the Blenheim Road , where people actually had power . |