Example sentences of "he [verb] [not/n't] want [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | though he did not want Lindy to know that they listened until they heard a noise again Then Bill laughed . |
| 2 | He did not want that to happen again ; perhaps , he reasoned , it was why he had never asked her to move in with him . |
| 3 | He did not want another woman , not even as emetic . |
| 4 | He gave the two armed men on the slaves ' camp orders not to leave their posts , as he did not want more hands taking advantage of the confusion to run away and join the maroons infesting Oualie nearby . |
| 5 | No , he did not want this strange , wild boy at all . |
| 6 | He did not want any trouble in his respectable hostelry , and both customers were touchy . |
| 7 | Under fire for his handling of the economy and his personal finances , Mr Lamont said he did not want any other Government job . |
| 8 | He did not want any services and did not see counselling help as a service a social worker might offer , nor did he want to share any grieving for his wife . |
| 9 | He said , on repeated occasions , that he did not want any more families . |
| 10 | ‘ He did not want any friends , ’ John Openshaw went on , ‘ and he often drank a lot . |
| 11 | He promised in the Chamber that he did not want any volunteers to be turned away from offering their service , and I am sure that he will do his best to keep that promise . |
| 12 | President Jaime Paz Zamora , claiming that he did not want any confusion between " electoral campaigning and government work " , accepted the resignations of three other ADN ministers and one from the Left Revolutionary Front ( FRI ) . |
| 13 | Pete rubbed the steam from the glasses he did n't want nicked and said , ‘ Nice one , John . |
| 14 | He would have shared the farm with his brother in the end , as was the Irish custom , but he did n't want that kind of life . |
| 15 | But then there was every possibility that his mother would get to hear of it , and he did n't want that … |
| 16 | He did n't want that and he would n't give up the mistress either — not for three years . ’ |
| 17 | And he did n't want that . |
| 18 | But he did n't want that today , surely ? |
| 19 | Well that 's a good idea , the thing , you see the thing is she says oh , we , I read anything , you know , buy anything , well I said well suppose you 've already got it , you know , it 's erm , and also we offered him some , some author 's names so he did n't like this , and he did n't want that , you see , so , erm , but , in one hand he 's saying buy me anything and the other hand he 's saying I do n't like this and I do n't like that |
| 20 | No at A he did n't want that letter anyway it was number A |
| 21 | He did n't want that . |
| 22 | Oh yes , they were a bit pleased but straight away they started getting , you know Alex was getting tired so we were getting can I get it out , can I get this out , can I get that and it were half open and I was frightened of losing the bits so I gave him one and he said no he did n't want that one he wanted the other one , so I give him another one and then I nearly gave him a clout . |
| 23 | He did n't want female teachers or pupils to wear trousers — the teachers because it is ‘ unladylike and unprofessional ’ and the girls for ‘ reasons of hygiene ’ , says Cathy Pemberton , an ex-teacher from Essex Junior School in Newham . |
| 24 | He said that David was getting ready to tour America , but he did n't want normal rock and roll people — he wanted weird , crazy people to be his staff and he asked whether we 'd do it . |
| 25 | Ignoring his brother 's plea that he did n't want any , Bodo ordered beer . |
| 26 | Quietly he asked for the Standard and handed across his money between the jutting arms ; he did n't want any trouble . |
| 27 | He did n't want any fuss . |
| 28 | We knew he was sick but we did n't know to what extent and he did n't want any sympathy . |
| 29 | More especially , he did n't want any person or persons in her company to know . |
| 30 | He did n't want any of the riff-raff polluting the moment . |