Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charman did not confront Gedge over his flirtation with Catt because he did n't want to cause a major disruption in the middle of a tour . |
| 2 | I still want to get it going but I do n't want to put a double shift onto unless I have to . |
| 3 | ‘ I am ambitious , and without any disrespect to the Vauxhall Conference , I do n't want to remain a non-League manager for ever . ’ |
| 4 | I leave the safety on : when they arrive I do n't want to blast a nervous bullet through my table . |
| 5 | That is , if you do n't want to risk a 10 ft sunflower towering out of your windowbox . |
| 6 | Even though some minor changes may subsequently be necessary in order to conform with the directive , the government does n't want to risk a further period of delay before bringing these necessary measures into effect . |
| 7 | I know you 're chafing at the bit , but we do n't want to risk a third bleed from that low-lying placenta . ’ |
| 8 | Probably just did n't want to lose a profitable business . |
| 9 | He did n't want to lose a regular customer . |
| 10 | I 'm trying to divorce birth from place although I do n't want to create a Communist society . |
| 11 | And it may be entirely appropriate to use any one of those for one style of enquiry depending on the preferences of the individual , that 's what we mean by flexibility and freedom of choice , we do n't want to constrain a particular individual to working in a certain way . |
| 12 | I do n't want to do a forward roll because that 's what a stuntman does . |
| 13 | When we 're in the class full of people , and we do n't have the incentive , that we do n't want to do A Level English for it 's own sake , but for another goal which is one further removed . |
| 14 | At this stage we do n't want to do a detailed study as the project may not be viable . |
| 15 | One does n't want to set a public hue and cry in train after a perfectly rational and responsible person who knows very well what he 's about . ’ |
| 16 | Mind you I think if you sent it without any postage and packaging charges I 'm pretty sure that they would er , they would send you the goods because they would n't want to loose a good customer . |
| 17 | I , I do n't believe , I do n't want to impose a particular word , and if communitarianism is a difficulty then I , I accept that . |
| 18 | This is a wonderful place — but I do n't want to stay a long time . |
| 19 | I did n't want to buy a new one in Sweetmary . |
| 20 | Because people do n't want to buy a repossessed house . |
| 21 | I do n't want to have a working party , but I 'm wondering if we should lay down some sort of set of timetable and dates . |
| 22 | I do n't think I 'll go I do n't want to have a broken nose ! |
| 23 | In the security world everything is a compromise , as there are no absolutes erm you want an absolutely secure health service , do n't have a health service , do n't let ever give any information out , erm if you fall ill away from your home er you 're called into a hospital , you would like the thought that er the hospital can ring up your doctor and get information about you fairly quickly you do n't want to have a whole bureaucratic erm apparatus saying no that information is n't available . |
| 24 | If your garden slope is fairly gentle , and you do n't want to build a whole flight of steps , you could always join short lengths of sloping path with just one or two steps at intervals , but the approach should always be as level as possible . |
| 25 | Okay , so I 'm going to do ten take away , now I 'll put some brackets where that six was I do n't want to write a six , I 'm going to write it as five add one . |
| 26 | I do n't want to write a political summary — you get that , I 'm sure , from the papers . |
| 27 | Zeno said he liked the man well enough , but would n't want to make a close friend of him . |
| 28 | Er well I do n't want to make a long speech , ladies and gentlemen , but when you return to the States I hope you 'll take some happy memories with you and remember , we have not forgot you , especially those chaps who failed to return . |
| 29 | We get many of our beliefs by indirect observation in just this way , either because we do n't want to make a direct observation or because we ca n't . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |