Example sentences of "not want [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 2 | My parents did n't want to let me go , but I begged them and promised to come back very quickly . |
| 3 | People have me in a little pocket of their minds in that role [ Ben Braddock ] and they do n't want to see me get out of it . |
| 4 | I I do n't want thinks I want facts . |
| 5 | Do n't want to play I spy , no . |
| 6 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
| 7 | I do n't want to think I 've wasted almost a year of my working life on an abort . |
| 8 | I would n't want to think I 've found every room in the house.I enjoy surprises . . |
| 9 | You would n't want to have me arrested for abduction or worse crimes . ’ |
| 10 | Well they did n't want to recognize I recognize the union you see and when , when everyone really knew what we should be having and what were paying , and of course erm it caused a bit of bitterness and resentment against those who would n't join , but er that , that 's what causes the trouble nowadays is n't it and it 's , it 's a sad thing really , but on the whole erm I 've enjoyed everyw everywhere I 've been . |
| 11 | I do n't have to ask you what I should do in my spare time , and — and I suppose now you wo n't want to help me find my mother , and that 's all right with me , I do n't care ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't want to feel I 've twisted your arm , ’ said lawyer B to the visibly shattered client . |