Example sentences of "not [conj] [pers pn] [verb] n't want " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to say anything but I just do n't know what to say , ’ John Ryan , the Welsh coach , sighed . |
| 2 | It 's not that I do n't want your company . |
| 3 | The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ . |
| 4 | It 's not that I do n't want to … |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to be with you , Julia . |
| 6 | Ca can I just say one thing , though , if you me nip out , it 's not that I do n't want to listen to this , er , it 's in connection with the property er worries that er , Geoffrey said , I 've got to sign a lot of er , arm twisting letters , which I , they want me to sign today , so if I can take five minutes out to sign those , I hope you will not feel I 'm trying to er skive off , as it were . |
| 7 | It 's not that you did n't want the ball . |
| 8 | Not if you do n't want to , of course . |
| 9 | ‘ Not if you do n't want to . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not prepared I 'm not prepared for individuals to get up but if your not if you do n't want to listen to what I 've got to say that 's okay but I do n't I 'm not prepared for people to perhaps to start making personal points about people actual work within the I certainly would n't do it I do n't think it 's it 's a question of . |
| 11 | Not if you do n't want to . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Not if you do n't want ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No ; not if you do n't want to . ’ |
| 14 | Not if you do n't want to you do n't want to go if you do n't particularly |
| 15 | Mother says : People only lose because they 're not strong enough , not because they do n't want to fight or are n't good at fighting . |
| 16 | Limited — not because they did n't want to care , they just did n't know how to care for this type of patient … . |
| 17 | This was not because I did n't want to dance but because I had not yet learned how to do it properly . |
| 18 | ‘ I did n't make love to you last night , not because I did n't want to , but because it was n't the right time , or place . |