Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [adv] want [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how to — I do not even want to — dispel this cold mist left over from the fog . |
| 2 | The elderly do not always want to be on the receiving end , and any gift of food they offer us , whether it is a meal or just a pot of home-made jam , should be accepted with appreciation , for all such gifts are a part of the pattern of love in which they still wish to be involved . |
| 3 | I know it 's good , but I do n't particularly want to be reminded about how life felt at sixteen . |
| 4 | I do n't particularly want to fork out a |
| 5 | But I 'm , I do n't particularly want to . |
| 6 | Well , do n't just want to , I mean to . |
| 7 | I do n't just want to be a ‘ cleaner-up ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't even want to be , ’ Jessamy threw back at her , just a little too fiercely . |
| 9 | Do n't even want to ! |
| 10 | I do n't even want to . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't ever want to be away from you again , ’ Maggie confessed , winding her arms around his neck . |
| 12 | Yes , she is , she 's very nice but you do n't actually want to , if you 're on the , the touchline you do n't want to stand next to her . |
| 13 | Because very often on courses we find that people have been sort of nominated to go on courses , and quite honestly they do n't actually want to be there and they 're looking at their watch and as soon as they can get away that , that 's better . |
| 14 | I do n't much want to be a charge on charity if I can avoid it . " |
| 15 | ’ I do n't much want to be at home on my own . |
| 16 | ‘ It caters for people who do n't necessarily want to be Cher . ’ |
| 17 | Even after that , they still seemed to be completely bewildered , and kept repeating , ‘ But you do n't really want to be alone , do you ? ’ |
| 18 | We did put one more record together with Bob Clearmountain , ‘ Into The Fire ’ , and that 's when I said , ‘ That 's it , I do n't really want to be hands-on any more . ' ’ |
| 19 | I do n't really want to be seen as part of the team and it 's not because I do n't like them — they 're all nice people — it 's just that I do n't want to be The Word 's latest wanker . |
| 20 | I 'm sure that 's why so many people compromise and end up in relationships which they do n't really want to be in . |
| 21 | Well , we did n't quite say that , but we do n't really want to . |
| 22 | ‘ You do n't really want to , Jimbo . |
| 23 | Do n't really want to he 's not very keen on the prospect of going V S O or whatever . |
| 24 | I do n't really want to be cope with Deborah and Catherine the day Clare goes off to Isle of Wight do we ? |
| 25 | Gizzmo keeps trying to persuade me to go with her but I do n't really want to . |
| 26 | Do n't really want to . |
| 27 | Undoubtedly , some of you will be , but there must be one or two people who are actually dreading Christmas er bearing in mind that they 've had to ask somebody whom they do n't really want in their house , or perhaps that person or people have asked themselves , and it 's very difficult to know how to refuse is n't it really ? |
| 28 | ‘ People do n't always want to be serious at lunchtime . |
| 29 | We 're looking for Scientists who do n't always want to be just Scientists |
| 30 | We do n't always want to be testing ourselves all the time , do we ? |