Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] not [adv] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is true in the sense that electors want stability and do not much want the higher thought . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't know her then , ’ he said , repressively , uneasily conscious that he had given Francesca no thought at all that day and did n't much want to think about her now . |
| 3 | She had n't seen him in seven years and did n't really want to . |
| 4 | She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing . |
| 5 | Sometimes he gets out of bed and does n't even want to play tennis at all ! ’ |
| 6 | The careful diplomacy with which this point has been made was undermined when the New York Times reported an off-the-record comment at the Brussels meeting suggesting that Mr Clinton ‘ feels the compulsion to do something but does not actually want to get involved . ’ |