Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not want to miss a word . |
| 2 | Andy 's form is exceptional and he has waited such a long time to make the jersey his own that he will not want to miss a game . ’ |
| 3 | But we would not want to miss an opportunity or to court a refusal , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Ed , I think argued a very strong case for a greater level of influence of trade unionists in the Party than is suggested in this reform and I can see the force of those remarks but the C E C adopted the position that we did not want to take a position of dominance to the Party Conference . |
| 5 | She did not want to waste a moment of the time they would have . |
| 6 | John did not want to see a doctor , but they overrode him this morning and had the quack in . |
| 7 | Mr Field has agreed not to make any statement about his next course of action before his 11.30am meeting with Mr Kinnock , but he said that his supporters in Birkenhead had told him they did not want to see a fudge . |
| 8 | The non-enrollers who did not want to do a course in the future gave a variety of responses but financial factors , not needing the qualification at work , and being interested only in the ‘ target ’ course were their main reasons . |
| 9 | But he too , it seemed , did not want to spend an evening with his brother-in-law , but said less about his reasons than the voluble Edward . |
| 10 | This does seem a reasonable argument , and I certainly would not want to lose a therapy which could be of real value to people . |
| 11 | They did not want to lose an oar in the wild water . |
| 12 | But remember , I definitely do not want to create a school of the ready-made ; far from it . |
| 13 | ‘ We do not want to create a loophole in the law to allow churches to run a supermarket-type shop on their premises , ’ said Mr Burns . |
| 14 | Planning officer John Earle said : ‘ There is still real fear about the density of population in the area should the scheme be approved , and we certainly do not want to create a ghetto of the future . |
| 15 | The paradox of diversion is that whenever we want to divert something it proves very hard to do so ; but when we do not want to create a diversion we very often end up by diverting more than we wanted . |
| 16 | It would have been better than staying at home but I did not want to wear a school uniform . |
| 17 | However , I would certainly not want to give a commitment about a further debate . |
| 18 | If you do not want to use a pelmet , curtain rails and poles can also provide great visual variety . |
| 19 | A man and woman who do not want to have a baby can still enjoy lovemaking if they make sure the egg and sperm never meet , or if the egg is prevented from settling in the womb . |
| 20 | Tom Murray did not want to have a lot of girlfriends , but just one for good , one he could be deeply serious about . |
| 21 | Hilda , for her , simply represented another point of view , which she did not want to get a hearing . |
| 22 | When a complaint is made to the Commission , the Commission may or may not want to send a copy of the complaint to the other party . |
| 23 | ‘ While we want to preserve the best of the past , we do not want to build a monument to it . ’ |
| 24 | But if you do not want to add a ceiling covering , simply paint the surface with white , or very pale emulsion to reflect as much light as possible . |
| 25 | At the beginning of the nineteenth century , building societies began to accept investments from people who did not want to buy a house , but use them as a way of investing their savings and obtaining an income in the shape of interest . |
| 26 | As a customer , reading the label will help you decide whether to buy a product — that is , whether it suits your needs ( for example , someone on a diet might not want to buy a product containing a lot of sugar ) . |
| 27 | But she did not want to become a doctor . |
| 28 | And if Angel did not want to become a priest , what was the use of sending him to study at Cambridge ? |
| 29 | You should only specify A to accept the endorsement or R to reject the endorsement for the package , or leave the field blank , if you do not want to make a decision about that module at present . |
| 30 | I do not want to make a meal of this , but the point has obviously been well made . |