Example sentences of "[prep] if he [verb] [not/n't] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was evasive about Rob too ; almost as if he had n't wanted to talk about him . |
| 2 | But now his intellectual horizons had shrunk to debates about motorways or endless conversations about the right school for one 's child , it was as if he did n't want to remember the Henry who had once promised a little more than that . |
| 3 | Uncle Albert looked as if he did n't want to get involved . |
| 4 | He just nodded as if he did n't want to speak , and then at the bottom ( it was vanity , I could n't bear to be lumped with Caroline ) I said , I 'm sorry my aunt said that at Kenwood . |
| 5 | ‘ But every now and then , his eyes slid over to look at me , almost as if he did n't want them to , but could n't help it . |
| 6 | This time Julius kept his gaze fixed on the road ahead , as if he did n't want her to see his eyes . |
| 7 | His hand clasped warmly around hers , detaining her as if he did n't want her to go . |
| 8 | ‘ I think neither of us had a choice for a while , ’ she offered , and he made a slight movement of denial , as if he did n't want to believe it . |
| 9 | It was almost as if he did n't want to have anything to do with her . |
| 10 | Steve asked reproachfully as if he did n't want to get blamed if it had n't . |
| 11 | He was sitting on the ground near his packages over which he kept a protective , hostile arm , as if he did not want anything of his touched . |
| 12 | This machine should have run out of petrol many hours ago , ’ said the Doctor , sounding as if he did not want to be interrupted . |
| 13 | ‘ I immediately guessed something was wrong — he always put his answering machine on if he did n't want to talk . |