Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] not wish " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was re-named the West Course because sensitive Japanese visitors did not wish to be reminded of that infamous stretch where thousands of servicemen died . |
| 2 | It was clear to Alexei that if the Merkuts did not wish to see Jehana given in marriage to Artai , there were reasons which had nothing to do with the suitability of the match . |
| 3 | Unionists did not wish to stand down where they had a candidate of their own ready to fight ; in these circumstances , the NDP did remarkably well in 1918 , winning eleven seats , all in Labour strongholds where neither Unionists nor Coalition Liberals had much desire to stand , and they beat both MacDonald and Henderson . |
| 4 | His public speeches were all aimed at converting the party to a positive belief in coalition , leading it from the front — and in a direction where many Unionists did not wish to follow . |
| 5 | Although it was hardly disputable that a West German contribution to NATO would be invaluable , especially as the other European members did not wish to , or could not , meet the new levels of requirement set by the United States , the American demand caused consternation and an agonising evaluation of its consequences in the capitals of Europe , and nowhere more so than in Paris . |
| 6 | The university authorities did not wish to provoke the students by forcibly removing the posters . |
| 7 | The rest of the Left was still divided into small groups which for various reasons did not wish to be involved in these narrow manoeuvres . |
| 8 | However , Mr Janman countered that ethnic minority groups did not wish to integrate with the indigenous population . |
| 9 | As our men did not wish to write-off two company cars , the youth escaped . |
| 10 | The parents of three case children did not wish to be interviewed , and interviews with the corresponding controls of these children were not arranged . |
| 11 | When I queried this , I was told that subscribers did not wish BT to divulge this information . |