Example sentences of "not want [to-vb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 2 | She did not want to see him , and did so as little as possible . |
| 3 | She did not want to see him or speak to him . |
| 4 | She was angry enough to go into his room and accuse him ; but she thought better of it , for he was shifty and quick and , besides , she did not want to see him . |
| 5 | I did not want to see him . |
| 6 | He began last night and he knows I do not want to see him again until he is sober . |
| 7 | The film is about a getaway driver who decides to cast aside his criminal life , seeking refuge in the Suffolk countryside , where he falls in love , marries and starts a family , but his former associates do not want to lose him . |
| 8 | He has sought treatment on a number of occasions and has come to the conclusion that he can not break the habit and that what he needs and wants is a maintenance regime , preferably on heroin — something that the medical profession in Wirral does not want to give him . |
| 9 | I do not want to give him everything he wants , but I must . |
| 10 | Lily too had noticed the policeman by now and perhaps did not want to encounter him . |
| 11 | ‘ However , David Pleat did not want to sell him because he was involved in trying to keep Luton out of relegation trouble . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ However , David Pleat did not want to sell him because he was involved in trying to keep Luton out of the relegation situation . |
| 13 | Perhaps she could convince him to stop looking at her that way — though , in her heart , she did not want to stop him . |
| 14 | I did not want to hurt him — or any of them . |
| 15 | Just because he wanted to go to prison , they did not want to send him there . |
| 16 | I suggested that he might like to go and have a talk with his crew , I did not want to send him back to his squadron , but with a new navigator I believed he could eventually forge a good Pathfinding crew . |
| 17 | But she was still enjoying her new position as mistress of a farm and house , and although she respected and liked him , she did not want to marry him . |
| 18 | But Rose might not want to marry him . |
| 19 | A man hit her because she did not want to kiss him . |
| 20 | I did not want to worry him in his last moments , so I did not tell him that Linton was also dying . |
| 21 | Ever a Walter Mitty character , he tried to get back into the CIA fold , but after the North fiasco they did not want to know him . |
| 22 | ‘ But Fergus does not want to escape him . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ He 's going through a lot because of your not wanting to see him . ’ |
| 24 | But as always I was wary of contradicting him , not wanting to antagonize him by even the slightest show of disagreement in case he left me . |
| 25 | Kate quickly shrugged it off herself , not wanting to give him any chance of coming near her . |
| 26 | Steadfastly , she avoided his gaze , not wanting to give him an opportunity for some deflating remark . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're awfully kind , but no , thanks , ’ she replied gently , not wanting to offend him . |
| 28 | When he went to look at Anna before going to school her eyes were once more as blue as the sky , and she curled her fingers round his as if she did n't want to let him go . |
| 29 | ‘ I would n't want to let him in , ’ says a lofty academic . ’ |
| 30 | The audience did n't want to let him go and he returned to sing a little jazz , leaving the stage to rapturous applause . |