Example sentences of "[verb] n't want them " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as I could ever determine , he really did do that — he actually sat down and wrote a song for them because he liked them and did n't want them to go away . |
| 2 | And he did n't want them saying that . |
| 3 | She obviously did n't want them . |
| 4 | She did n't want them to do anything then . |
| 5 | Young Gareth did n't want them to give up , they said , but Mr Vickers senior told him you 'd be all right even if you had got lost . |
| 6 | But he was glad he 'd been able to fend off too many probing journalistic questions about her ; he did n't want them publishing any comments about her at this stage , that was sure . |
| 7 | Bit my lip — did n't want them dragging me back in there for a patient . |
| 8 | I did n't want them noticing me even a little . |
| 9 | Stavros and Loadsamoney have gone because he did n't want them to become repetitive and boring , but in their place are newcomers like The Rugby Players — three middle-class yobbos whose hobbies including drinking and mooning at women — space travellers The Aliens , seen trying to learn English , and world 's worst publican Leslie Norris , who ca n't remember anything he is told . |
| 10 | She did n't want them to know that her life had been quite a privileged one . |
| 11 | I did n't want them to see me crying . |
| 12 | He did n't want them either , but he felt that for Timmy 's sake she should take what was on offer . |
| 13 | This is a highly competitive field and I did n't want them to rule me out when it comes to promotion because they think I lack commitment . |
| 14 | I did n't want them in my house or my life , but I did want to know what they were up to , and no-one would tell me . |
| 15 | It was n't that she felt left out — ‘ in fairness , they had said to me that I could go out with them anytime , but it 's a really grotty place , and I also did n't want them to feel I was a hanger-on ’ — it was just that she had nowhere else to go . |
| 16 | Michael Harvey said , ‘ She did n't want them to shoot her husband ; I did n't think she was particularly pro-anything . |
| 17 | He did n't want them to become stale . |
| 18 | I did n't want them living with me , in my Galaxy . |
| 19 | People had got no money you see having a load of kids and they keep always being in the family way , naturally trying to get rid of them you see because they did n't want them obviously . |
| 20 | They played on the concourse , and er were always being shouted at by residents who did n't want them er playing just in front of their places . |
| 21 | I did n't want them dead . |
| 22 | You did n't want them to look as well : you wanted them to look better . |
| 23 | I could n't bear that they should always pay for me because I did n't want them to know how awful Robert had become . |
| 24 | When we were small our loved parents would sometimes leave us when we did n't want them to go . |
| 25 | We did n't tell them about the Germans because we did n't want them to be more worried than they were already . |
| 26 | Er Mr Ashdown says er no reason to disagree with him , that he was always in favour of the things in the social contract , but he did n't want them handled in that kind of manner . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | It was just a reflex — I knew it had to come off and I did n't want them all fussing about it . |
| 29 | They did n't want Wallis , and so I did n't want them . ’ |
| 30 | The suggestion about the car had come from the rifleman — he 'd asked if I had a car , and I 'd said yes , because I did n't want them to know that I 'd come by boat . |