Example sentences of "she do [adv] want [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not want to touch it , but she had to . |
| 2 | For the next half-hour Fabia battled with conscience , common sense , and an instinctive feeling that she did n't want to do it — and that it would be a wasted exercise anyway . |
| 3 | And she did n't want to do it . |
| 4 | But she did n't want to explain it all yet . |
| 5 | She would n't rush back — that might imply she could n't wait to be with him again — but on the other hand she did n't want to leave it too long ; there were plenty of women , Melissa included , she had noticed , who had had their limpet-like eyes firmly glued to his face . |
| 6 | She says Sarajevo was her home town and she did n't want to leave it . |
| 7 | She did n't want to say it but then in the end |
| 8 | The duchess stayed away from Sunnie 's funeral because she did n't want to turn it into a photo opportunity . |
| 9 | The invitation to appear on it came at very short notice , and even though she 's no longer modelling except at charity functions , she feels a need to keep in the public eye , so she did n't want to turn it down , but she insisted that Florian and I should keep to our plans . ’ |
| 10 | Either she did n't want to publish it this year , or not at all but wanted her not to go to another publisher all the same . |
| 11 | She did n't want to take it . |
| 12 | She wished he 'd quit doing that to her hand — but she did n't want to move it in case he moved on to her lips . |
| 13 | She 'd tried to keep the newspaper story hidden from her because she did n't want to discuss it until she 'd had more time to get her thoughts in order … but of course mother had found it and started questioning compulsively about abortion , what exactly was the law on it now , how did you get one , where did you go , what did it cost , things she must have heard Dorothy and her friends discussing a hundred times but which the newspaper report had triggered into today 's obsession . |
| 14 | She replied that she knew where he was but she did n't want to discuss it . |
| 15 | ‘ She did n't want to discuss it on the phone , that 's all I know . |
| 16 | Now that her ankle was better she should really go back and chase up on the calls Steve should have made in Palma so that it was all tied up when he got back but she did n't want to spoil it all with Fernando . |
| 17 | Mam would n't say anything because she did n't want to throw it in his face that it was her money going down his throat . |
| 18 | She knew why he had come and what he would tell her , and she did n't want to hear it . |
| 19 | What 's actually happened is , first of all Tracey 's leaving , she 's been promoted to Area Telesales Manager for Talking Pages so she 's going up to Slough and Michelle will be going for that position , and one other girl and the two others that are on management development , one is now leaving cos she 's like , burnt out , she does n't want to do it any more and the other one 's going into the field so it 's literally just me and this other girl and Michelle , but I 'm obviously just starting , but next time around it 'll just be me again Di , and Dianna is good at her work |
| 20 | She does n't want to see it . |
| 21 | Maybe she does n't want to lend it me for |
| 22 | five-year separation ( if she does n't want to end it ) |
| 23 | he thought , but she does n't want to admit it . |