Example sentences of "and [verb] [not/n't] [adv] want " in BNC.

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1 This is true in the sense that electors want stability and do not much want the higher thought .
2 ‘ I did n't know her then , ’ he said , repressively , uneasily conscious that he had given Francesca no thought at all that day and did n't much want to think about her now .
3 She had n't seen him in seven years and did n't really want to .
4 She had quite expected him to stop the car on the way home and make a grab at her and she was all prepared to cope with it , had her little speech ready about what a wonderful evening she 'd had but at the moment she was concentrating on her career and did n't really want to waste time on that kind of thing .
5 Sometimes he gets out of bed and does n't even want to play tennis at all ! ’
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