Example sentences of "not want i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually Mrs Webster explained that she had had an evacuee before me , who had ‘ breathed on the wall ’ , and she did not want me to do likewise . |
| 2 | ‘ But you do not want me to do an article for the City Press ? ’ |
| 3 | When I first came my husband did not want me to go out to work . |
| 4 | Leslie did not want me to go with him to the station , and so I watched him from the hotel-room window , his jaunty walk bravely exaggerated . |
| 5 | My father and Elizabeth did not want me to go to England alone , because I had been so ill . |
| 6 | Felipe did not want me to go but my father listened to no one . |
| 7 | They did not want me to stop work to write or to see them . |
| 8 | Later I found that Mains did not want me watching his team train ‘ because I knew too much about rugby ’ and would tell the opposition of his plans . |
| 9 | ( My ex-husband did not want me working in Oman with him , and even when I was in the UK arranging the divorce he took steps to prevent me returning to Oman to teach until he had himself left the country in 1987 . ) |
| 10 | No ! he would shout , and make it clear that we would not discuss it … he used an expletive that I have not used , indicating that he did not want me to raise that subject with him . ’ |
| 11 | I told myself that I had to face up to things ; John might have forgotten me , he might have been changed beyond recognition by his experiences ; he would not want me to mope . |
| 12 | The woman was simply his mistress , whom for some reason he did not want me to meet ; or who perhaps did not want to meet me . |
| 13 | Francis added : ‘ The chairman 's main concern is not wanting me to receive a serious injury which might prevent me from managing properly . ’ |
| 14 | I did n't really blame you for not wanting me to come near you , but it was n't a particularly pleasant experience to realise that I 'd put someone I 'd loved through such an appalling time . |
| 15 | But I got a distinct impression he did n't want me to see what he was writing . |
| 16 | well just leave it there because it wo n't matter , but daddy does n't want me to see you see before it comes out , it makes it more exciting that way , want to come and sit on my knee ? |
| 17 | Do n't want me to go over yet . |
| 18 | Or whether for some unknown reason she just did n't want me to go . |
| 19 | they did n't want me to go naturally . |
| 20 | ‘ In one way they are excited for me and in another they do n't want me to go , ’ he said . |
| 21 | That 's because he do n't want me to go to work . |
| 22 | ‘ If you did n't want me to hit you , you should have kept your mouth shut . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If you do n't want me to call an ambulance , I 'll drive her to the hospital , if you like , ’ offered Paul Lexington . |
| 24 | ‘ Now , if you do n't want me to call the manager and make a fuss , remove your foot ! ’ |
| 25 | Hope he does n't want me to traipse about with Lisa . |
| 26 | You do n't want me to sleep here ? ’ |
| 27 | So anything you do n't want me to take into account when it 's being marked , put a line through it , otherwise I will . |
| 28 | You do n't want me to take all this now ? |
| 29 | You do n't want me to take it outside do you ? |
| 30 | Surely you do n't want me to give up my evenings too . |