Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I just did n't stay to ask to be quite honest I was shell shocked . |
| 2 | I do n't want to invest in anything where every day I have to worry whether my managers are going to leave me . ’ |
| 3 | Having been freed from NHS control and from any control by local people , trust managers were now saying they did n't want to answer to the Health Secretary either . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't want to pry into your affairs , but you did ring me and you ca n't just say you 're going away and leave it at that . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And although it 's not strictly my business , and I do n't want to pry into things that are n't my concern , I do need to know why you told everyone that Gramps was Phena 's father — No … ’ |
| 6 | Dealing with injured bats , unwanted newts and cats with bad breath is all in the line of duty for Christine Hall — and it 's a job she would n't want to swap for a million pounds . |
| 7 | Er , you do n't want to evolve with that do you ? |
| 8 | I 'm tired and I do n't want to cope with you , otherwise you both go to bed this minute . |
| 9 | On the one hand we do n't want to say to Iraq you ca n't defend yourself against Iran , but on the other we do n't trust the Iraqis not to turn those aircraft on us . ’ |
| 10 | Head of Department : ‘ … resist this ! … do n't want to say to my colleagues ‘ you must do this ’ . |
| 11 | You do n't want to put up a wall between you and the band . |
| 12 | He does n't want to put on any show . |
| 13 | What I really wanted to say I did n't want to put in writing . |
| 14 | Wayne had rung in to say that he was sick , which meant that the little creep did n't want to drive past the picket line . |
| 15 | I do n't want to drink from that I 'll choke |
| 16 | ‘ In your right mind , Daddy , you 'd never leave me short , but I do n't want to rely on your always being in your right mind . ’ |
| 17 | I , like many other married women , hope to achieve some kind of independence and do n't want to rely on my husband for everything all the time . |
| 18 | Because we are er developers of a core accounting package which we hope will have many many hundreds of users before the end of this decade , we did n't want to rely on the vendor of a particular Four G L , so we 've written our product in C to retain that independence within there . |
| 19 | I did n't want to behave like some foul-mouthed old broad , but I did n't want to be a pushover either . |
| 20 | I do n't want to see inside the castle , I just want to walk around the outside and sketch anything that looks interesting . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't want to go over the machine , ’ said Evelyn . |
| 22 | These were old grounds , and he did n't want to go over them yet again . |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't want to go through life as a miracle-worker . ’ |
| 24 | But I would n't want to go through that again . |
| 25 | ‘ We do n't want to go through that business we had with A&M . |
| 26 | I did n't want to go through the arguments for and against . |
| 27 | and do we find that in fact on the other brochures , for instance at page fifty two , I do n't want to go through them all , I 'm only giving an example or two , page fifty two there you see , a sticker unfortunately er obscured in part , same words , bottom of fifty two , while these particulars are prepared with all due care for the convenience of the intend purchasers , the information contained therein is intended as a preliminary guide only |
| 28 | So I do n't want to go through all the things that are the same , I want to highlight the differences , and maybe it 'll help you in your mind to distinguish between the two products as regards examination and the questionnaire tomorrow . |
| 29 | but he , he 's at that age now where I could have another kid and look after it quite easily if I had one , but I do n't wan na go through , not the pregnancy , but I do n't want to go through all the babies and getting up in the night and , one that 'll come out six months old |
| 30 | ‘ And frankly , ’ he said , coming to the essence of the matter , ‘ those two do n't want to go without you , and Harry wants you to be there and … well … so do I. ’ |