Example sentences of "n't want [pers pn] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was even glad now I 'd had trouble with the M-16 ; did n't want him thinking I was too handy with weapons . |
| 2 | I did n't want him thinking I 'd only fired in self-defence . |
| 3 | ‘ Why — if you did n't want him to claim me — to make me his heir ? ’ |
| 4 | I do n't want him to know we 've got divers aboard and I especially do n't want him to see me taking off with divers in the general direction of the Delos . |
| 5 | ‘ And I do n't want him to see me . |
| 6 | He thought to himself ‘ I do n't want him to see me like this ’ . |
| 7 | I do n't want him to give me a job , but will he give me one thousand pounds out of money that 's really mine ? ’ |
| 8 | Flook allegedly told police : ‘ I did n't want him to attack me again . |
| 9 | After all , I would n't want him to forget me . |
| 10 | I do n't want him asking me questions like where I 'm going and stuff like that , just in case he tells Mr Jackson . |
| 11 | ‘ Oo , that 'll be nice , ’ I lied , I did n't want him to think I was a sissy . |
| 12 | Actually I have been something of a clothesaholic recently , do n't tell Derek , but I have to put that fitted wardrobe under lock and key when he 's back and hope he does n't keek in through the louvres because I would n't want him to think I was extravagant . |
| 13 | I ca n't worry my husband because he 's not well and I do n't want him to think I 'd make any difference . |
| 14 | I do n't want them to brand me a bully-boy because I 'm a National Socialist , to discredit me through their media . |
| 15 | I do n't want them to ask me any more questions , so what I do is I lie back in the sofa and shut my eyes like I 'm asleep . |
| 16 | I did n't want them to see me crying . |
| 17 | We do n't as yet have any friends in the street , but we 're on Hello terms with a few neighbours , and frankly I would n't want them to see me putting all these flowers on a skip . |
| 18 | This is a highly competitive field and I did n't want them to rule me out when it comes to promotion because they think I lack commitment . |
| 19 | Bit my lip — did n't want them dragging me back in there for a patient . |
| 20 | I did n't want them noticing me even a little . |
| 21 | It was n't that she felt left out — ‘ in fairness , they had said to me that I could go out with them anytime , but it 's a really grotty place , and I also did n't want them to feel I was a hanger-on ’ — it was just that she had nowhere else to go . |
| 22 | ‘ Let's just say I would n't want them protecting me , ’ Whitlock replied . |
| 23 | She put a bony hand on my shoulder , but I did n't want her to touch me . |
| 24 | I did n't want her to touch me . |
| 25 | I do n't want to see Sarah in that way , and I would n't want her to see me in that kind of light either . ’ |
| 26 | Myra has wedding bells ringing in her ears all day ; I do n't want her to add me to her list of brides . |
| 27 | I did n't want her to think I was angry or disappointed , and as I helped her ashore , I smiled and said , ‘ I understand , ’ and , caught in the no-man's-land between desire and fulfilment , leant forward rather clumsily to kiss her . |
| 28 | When he introduced me to her , just before the wedding , he sort of … well , he did n't come out and say it , but he got the message over that he did n't want her to know I was gay . |
| 29 | I 've been a candidate before , I do n't like to do things badly , since coming into politics I do n't think I have done things badly , I do n't want to fail you and I do n't want you to see me as a failure . |
| 30 | ‘ Anyway , I do n't want you to tease me ! ’ |