Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] want to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unveiling proposals for a new global anti-missile system in co-operation with the United States , Yeltsin emphasised that " we do not want to be mere partners , we want to be allies " , adding that a new democratic Russia would play a full role in joint efforts based on collective security . |
| 2 | HI FI enthusiasts who do not want to be involved in new-fangled digital technology now have a fresh analogue controversy to get their teeth into . |
| 3 | ‘ We do not need that kind of publicity and do not want to be involved in that sort of thing . |
| 4 | I do not want to be predictable , because the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) does not like people to be predictable . |
| 5 | You do not want to be anthropomorphic about animals when people are dying needlessly around you , but there was a sad aimlessness about this beast , limping around the tarmac on three legs , moving hesitantly towards people , then thinking better of it , or standing motionless for minutes on end , staring into the bushes on the perimeter . |
| 6 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 7 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 8 | You do not want to be hungry . |
| 9 | By the same token that we do not want to be able to identify Mrs. X , it would not be appropriate for me to reveal the exact nature of either the charge or the punishment received by the soldier . |
| 10 | We do not want to be dogmatic . |
| 11 | Mr Winterton added : ‘ I do not want to be bitter or vindictive . |
| 12 | I do n't want to be morbid , my lovely , or for you to think that I 'm just seducing you with promises in order to take what I want . |
| 13 | I just say that I 'm sorry go on do n't want to be dejective this evening but I mean minutes will be taken notes will be taken points have been raised I think that 's a very valuable point that you 've actually have raised . |
| 14 | I do n't want to be complacent but since March I seem to be winning . |
| 15 | Do n't want to be repetitive do you ? |
| 16 | I think of my role as trying to guide them with the interface of the business side , the bits that they might not be interested in or do n't want to be involved in . |
| 17 | A lot of smaller firms do n't want to be involved in all that . |
| 18 | No well you said you do n't want to be involved in the meetings anyway |
| 19 | I do n't want to be involved in this . |
| 20 | ‘ I have been running expeditions over the last 29 years and it was the most unpleasant , nasty experience and I do n't want to be involved in it in any way again , ’ he said . |
| 21 | I do n't want to be picky about this but but I mean they are government based . |
| 22 | They do n't want to be successful ! |
| 23 | I do n't want to be clever or great or ‘ significant ’ or given all that clumsy masculine analysis . |
| 24 | ROS : I do n't want to be personal . |
| 25 | I was n't nice to him , I do n't want to be nice to him , I sha n't be nice to him . |
| 26 | We do n't want to be late . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You do n't want to be late , do you ? |
| 28 | Mandy , I do n't want to be late for our meeting with Mrs Foster . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I have an appointment with my own personal physician , and I do n't want to be late . |
| 30 | I do n't want to be late I wan na be there . |