Example sentences of "[not/n't] want to [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , I decide , not my fault either that I am a human being who does not want to be eaten alive . |
| 2 | Cameron did not want to be asked this . |
| 3 | For example , this theory is incapable of accounting for the phenomenon of redundancies : workers surely do not want to be made redundant in order to indulge their desire for longer holidays . |
| 4 | If they do not want to be held responsible for ‘ increasing racial tension ’ on the street , or the shop floor , they had better do x , y , or z . |
| 5 | For the first time in his life Brian did not want to be left alone with Celia . |
| 6 | There seemed to be nothing else nowadays , and in any case Roland did not want to be thought insular . |
| 7 | I remember definite feelings of not wanting to be felt sorry for , very much wanting everything to carry on as normal . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't want to be seen naked on anyone 's coffee table ’ . |
| 9 | And and the women , are very difficult about apply for the jobs , so I think it 's going to take an awful long time , erm , I 'm all in favour of equal opportunities , erm , on all accounts , and I would agree with Councillor that one of the difficulties about registered dis disability is that , a lot of people who could actually be a registered disabled person , but for reasons of pride , do n't want to be registered disabled . |
| 10 | Tt , cos I do n't want to be made redundant by being awkward |
| 11 | ‘ People like me , who were in their 20s in the 1960s , want to look good , but are n't obsessed by fashion and certainly do n't want to be made uncomfortable by it . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't mind being recorded , but I do n't want to be made peripheral . |
| 13 | ‘ The players do n't want to be leaving this country in disguise . |
| 14 | Bella did n't want to be called guilty ; her instinct was always for ambiguity . |
| 15 | Lee Doherty summed it up afterwards when he said : ‘ We 'll settle for the 3–1 win , but you would n't want to be watching that kind of football every week . |
| 16 | After a while , I told them we did n't want to be treated this way . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm tired , and I do n't want to be kept awake . ’ |
| 18 | United wo n't want to be cut adrift of Arsenal , the team we all have to get past to win the Championship . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't want to be roasted alive and eaten by the Gruncher . ’ |
| 20 | She did n't want to be having this conversation . |
| 21 | In fact , she did n't want to be having any conversation with him . |
| 22 | I did n't want to be taken any more in a sledge . |
| 23 | ‘ He hated lying flat on his butt for six years , and he did n't want to be buried that way , ’ said a friend . |
| 24 | ‘ We do n't want to be giving these things away for publicity reasons , ’ a company spokesman told New Scientist last week . |
| 25 | He was sweating , and the way he held on to me indicated that he did n't want to be left alone . |
| 26 | His gaze had already returned to Jessamy , and she suddenly realised she did n't want to be left alone with Julius . |