Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] not [adv] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | My boss did n't really want me to take three weeks all at once . ’ |
| 2 | For Rabbit does n't just want to say what 's true : he wants to make Pooh believe it . |
| 3 | Frodo the Ring bearer does not really want to carry the Ring and offers it to the elf-queen Galadriel . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's nice , ’ adds the quick-draw , slow drawl superstar in his first British interview in ages , ‘ if a woman does n't always want a hand with something . |
| 5 | Many of the kids who are out there making music do n't necessarily want a record deal . |
| 6 | And the former commander added : ‘ The Army does n't really want the regiment mentioned at all , but we lost guys out there and others were injured . |
| 7 | For all these reasons , the Bosnian government does not much want its own capital to become a safe haven . |
| 8 | This stage is intended mainly to ease the initial awkwardness , the interviewer does not really want your detailed impressions of the weather or the route you took to get to the interview . |
| 9 | But John Drake does n't really want to talk about rare plants . |
| 10 | English Heritage does not even want these sites investigated it seems , because they regard excavation as crude and too intrusive . |
| 11 | And whichever way it went , in any event , the public did not greatly want to know . |
| 12 | Ruth continued , ‘ because I 'm sure the Company do n't really want to see me . |
| 13 | The woman at the hotel did n't really want kids and with summer holidays approaching could get a better rate for her rooms . |
| 14 | The other , the other weakness it possibly turned up is that , my experience is that , unless something bad there , the press do n't really want to do anything about it , if you 're just trying to sell your wares and say how good you are , and then hide a bit behind , I mean they 'll turn around anyway the circle , must be something . |
| 15 | Well down here we 've got the landlady does n't really want it to go through . |
| 16 | I think his mother do n't bloody want him , he 's a pain in the arse , but she said , I reckon she said piss off and |
| 17 | He provided a better place , which the uneasy partner did not even want to look at , but admits could not be better . |