Example sentences of "the [noun sg] do [adv] want " in BNC.
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1 | I think we 're dealing here with people who are seen by the majority to be liabilities , and the majority do n't want to touch and have anything to do we 're dealing with modern day lepers . |
2 | So you think that it would be inappropriate to say look this is a particular place set aside , a lot of people will use this and they do n't want to come in here the majority do n't want to come in and breathe cigarette smoke , so do n't smoke . |
3 | Besides , the Prince did n't want us to go too far . |
4 | ‘ I left the company because the board did n't want to pursue the matter , ’ he says . |
5 | Here I would suggest that if the beginner does not want to invest in a full set , he should settle for the 3 , 5 , 7 and 9-irons , sand wedge , plus a 3 and a 5-wood . |
6 | ‘ But the chairman did n't want that and results have improved anyway , ’ he said . |
7 | The Führer does n't want this , and certainly knows nothing of this removal of the crosses . ’ |
8 | Paul Stevenson of the agent said : ‘ The buyer did not want its identity revealing . ’ |
9 | If the user does not want to generate another report of this type , he should leave the default of N ( No ) and press RETURN . |
10 | Could it be that the Germans in the west did not want unity after all , despite those opinion polls over decades showing they did ? |
11 | The College does not want to use security guards for fear of disrupting college life . |
12 | If the industry does not want to have any exemptions from the levy , it should be able to undertake such a policy in partnership with Government and the TECs . |
13 | In that case the union had negotiated a favourable package for those employees whom the transferee did not want to take on and who , it was agreed , should remain with the transferor . |
14 | Newspapers like Moscow News and Nezavisimaya Gazeta ( Independent Newspaper ) busily report what the president does not want to hear . |
15 | The president did not want this to happen . ’ |
16 | The president did not want this to happen . |
17 | If the NEA is to survive , it will have to act responsibly vis-à-vis the electorate and the electorate does not want certain work funded . |
18 | Also the Opposition did not want to waste time on such minutiae , preferring to tackle the government on wider issues arising from the conduct of foreign or domestic policy . |
19 | The groom said one of her horses died of colic or some such recently , from eating the wrong things , and the trainer did n't want any more accidents , so he 'd made up the feeds himself . ’ |
20 | But the lawyer did not want to talk about Doctor Lanyon . |
21 | Cricket club president Brian Kneeshaw has said the club does not want to move from the Green Lane site . |
22 | MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL , now that he has fetched her golden ball , the Princess does n't want to kiss the frog , leaves him sitting on his rock . |
23 | But I do think that the district auditor is beginning to be presented as a bogie man erm , waved in the faces of people in rural areas , as a sort of threat that even if the council does n't want to close your school , it might , and I think that probably is n't a very proper use of the district auditor 's image , nor of his report , and I think perhaps some direct contact with him , er to show what progress we 're making , paragraph by paragraph , and what we think of that report from December ninety-one , probably needs to be made . |
24 | Assistant chief leisure services officer Mick Hannon said the Council did not want to replace the competitions already being held . |
25 | If the key person identified for the transfer does not want to move there will probably be a number of career-hungry individuals on the payroll who will willingly step into the vacant position . |
26 | She was supposed to be suffering from a nervous breakdown , but that could be because the law did n't want anybody talking to her . |
27 | I believe that the Solicitor-General does not want to give way . |
28 | ‘ People in the south do n't want lectures from us about population growth , ’ growled a letter in the Guardian . |
29 | I 'm sure the boy does n't want to be quoted as if he was a cross between the Encyclopedia Britannica and the Authorized Version . ’ |
30 | Well , then , you 'll know why just at the moment the Consul-General does n't want trouble between Moslems and Copts . ’ |