Example sentences of "not want [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Not quite sure how to broach the subject , and not wishing to be indiscreet , she murmured awkwardly , ‘ I do n't quite know how to put this , but part of the reason for my visit was to try and trace someone who lived here a long time ago , only I do n't quite like to ask around , because the person I 'm looking for might not like it — might not want everyone to know her business . ’
2 However , we would not want everyone to have this capability or we would spawn lots of different expert systems .
3 Perhaps because he did not want somebody to see him .
4 I do not want him to return now .
5 She did not want him to hold her again .
6 I always said yes , even if I was drained , because I did not want him to chuck the ball to someone else . ’
7 And she did not want him to go .
8 He said it had petered out because Eliot did not want him to go any further and did not have a plan to use the information already gathered .
9 He is conscious that his wife would not want him to let slide everything she worked so hard to achieve .
10 And all she could think of , as she rose to her feet and politely accompanied him to the front door , was that , suddenly , she did not want him to leave .
11 The touch of his hand on her body made her tremble , but she did not want him to stop .
12 I did not want him to see me .
13 ‘ They stated that they did not want him to exist in this fashion . ’
14 This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation .
15 She said she did not want him staring at her , she wanted a bit of her life to herself ; without having to share it with Randolph Ash .
16 While we would not want him to show his full negotiating hand at this stage , he gave us very little information .
17 So I came out immediately , as I did not want him to pull me out .
18 I do NOT want him going to some —
19 She had stolen many a glance at him since yesterday to see if perhaps there was anything that might show , but it was difficult , she did not want him to feel he was under examination , and anyway today the tired look was gone .
20 They did not want him to make the comparison himself .
21 For instance , if the parties do not want the expert to consider any evidence other than that contained in their submissions , and do not want him to make his own independent investigations , they could stipulate to that effect in the expert clause .
22 Although she had half hoped he might guess , she did not want him to guess now , she thought frantically .
23 She hoped she did not sound too sarcastic , she did not want him to ring off .
24 I was pleased that he could come , although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work .
25 Death would be too kind an end for a man who has done what he has , and I do not want him to escape into it . ’
26 God knew she did not want him lowered by doubt , or by pain , or by despair , as Lulach had once seemed to accuse her .
27 She did not want him to exercise his leg until the infected burn had healed completely .
28 There could never be any resolution of her love for David , but she did not want him to think that his feelings were unwanted or unreciprocated .
29 ‘ Maybe she does not want him to think that she is surrendering herself too easily , ’ he suggested .
30 She did not want him to think , she said , that she was really rich , that was only a kind of joke .
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