Example sentences of "not [verb] to see [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strange , Mowbray pondered , that Adam had not come to see them this Christmas . |
| 2 | He could not wait to see it all back safely in England and to start on his next publication . |
| 3 | ‘ It belongs to the world , ’ said the Sheikha , not wishing to see me embarrassed . |
| 4 | But along that bare and silvery rim of sand , any self-respecting wild thing could not fail to see me first . |
| 5 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 6 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 7 | But she smiled again and said , " I 'd understand if you did n't want to see me any more , " and looked down , away from him , at her feet . |
| 8 | Your old friends — your real friends — do n't want to see you any more . |
| 9 | erm as many people here know and like them I have worked in a voluntary capacity and one way or another in this theatre for many years and we ca n't do without it we do n't want to see it close or any of those drastic things . |
| 10 | He had seen fear , and bravery , too , and savagery and oppression , homes burned down , wheels smashed off carts and farm implements so that the land could not be cultivated , crops ruined — he had seen it spread everywhere and he did n't want to see it any more . |
| 11 | ‘ You know I do n't like to see it all frizzed up like that . ’ |
| 12 | Erm I 'd like to see Eddie cos I did n't get to see him this time or last time . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't agree to see you last week because I wanted to give you any information . |