Example sentences of "i [verb] not [adv] want " in BNC.
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1 | It was a Frankie Howerd interview that made me realise I do not even want one . |
2 | I do n't know how to — I do not even want to — dispel this cold mist left over from the fog . |
3 | ‘ I do not even want to share you with him . ’ |
4 | Indeed , as far as -my self-interest is concerned , on what principle could I choose as an end sufficient in itself something which I do not spontaneously want ? |
5 | THIS is such a delicious offering , of the kind that makes you chuckle in recollection on the way home , that I do not really want to give the game away by saying too much about what goes on . |
6 | I would like the same amount of performance as from the petrol engine therefore I do not really want a Land Rover Diesel . |
7 | I must admit that I do not always want to go to work but once I am there I nearly always have a really good time . |
8 | At the time , the idea of a strong exclusive relationship was something that I did not actually want and I do n't think that even consciously at that time , I would have sought to have had that kind of relationship with David who was considerably younger than me and also , even though I was deeply into the whole scene and everything it represented , I do n't think I actually wanted to settle down with somebody who was a musician and was leading that sort of life style . |
9 | Except that we were never completely apart , my love , for you were always beside me , and you were always there , and I think that without you there there were times when I should certainly have been crushed by the weight of a Crown I did not really want . |
10 | As I did not now want her to guess my real reason for keeping quiet on this other matter , I used the truth , if not all the truth . |