Example sentences of "i [modal v] n't want " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must n't want him this much … |
| 2 | ‘ I should n't want my little brother to be upset . ’ |
| 3 | " Without you I should n't want to stay on . " |
| 4 | But I should n't want her do it all her life ! |
| 5 | Oh say , say about my fault , I should n't want to pay |
| 6 | Perhaps I would n't want to do it before an audience but then I 've never performed for others . |
| 7 | But then I do n't like blood so I would n't want to be either a cook or a surgeon . |
| 8 | I would n't want you to do that . ’ |
| 9 | I would n't want to embarrass you , but I really can see no alternative at present . |
| 10 | I would n't want to prompt their disapproval and anger , so I try to eat less and my trips to the biscuit tin become fewer , or more sneaky . |
| 11 | That 's why I would n't want to be a model . |
| 12 | I would n't want to do it again , but it was a good experience . |
| 13 | I think I probably wasted a lot of time not feeling good about myself , and I would n't want Deb to feel like that , so I make a deliberate effort to be supportive , to say she looks nice and notice what she 's wearing , that kind of thing . |
| 14 | ( These are only my personal feelings and I would n't want to put anybody else down for the way they dress . ) |
| 15 | Even though I 've accepted myself , it does n't mean I would n't want to look better sometimes . |
| 16 | I would n't want to wear high heels anyway . |
| 17 | The trail seemed obvious enough , but my intended killer had come and gone that way — must have done — and if he should return for any reason I would n't want to meet him . |
| 18 | I WOULD N'T want to forget the Monster Raving Loonies . |
| 19 | I would n't want to upset it by walking on it too hard with my heavy boots . ’ |
| 20 | I would n't want to tip you over the brink . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , mate , I would n't want to live anywhere else . |
| 22 | I would n't want to lay a finger on you . |
| 23 | The form it 's taking is not extremely reactionary , I would n't want to say that , but it does seem to me that it 's shifting away from progressive forms of narrative resolution that were available a few years ago . |
| 24 | Groucho said , ‘ Any club that would accept me as a member , I would n't want to join . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ Not about a place like that , I would n't want to write a book . ’ |
| 27 | Phillis said , ‘ I would n't want an innocent man in jail . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I would n't want to compromise your position . |
| 29 | ‘ I would n't want you to do that , not because of anything I 'd done . ’ |
| 30 | I do n't feel that music is the most appropriate forum for social change because frankly I do n't think my opinions are valid for everyone , so I would n't want my opinions echoed by hundreds of thousands of people buying T-shirts with my name on them . |