Example sentences of "he [verb] not 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 | Professor Graeme Davies , its chief executive , says that he does not want any unions in his building . |
| 14 | He does not want any of that . |
| 15 | The run-on line also conveys the immortal life of Tithonus which he does not want any more . |
| 16 | However , as he is always telling us , he does not want local government to raise more cash . |
| 17 | The region 's problems are mainly political , in his view , and he does not want more strains on the Community budget . |
| 18 | His term ends on December 31st and he does not want another one . |