Example sentences of "[modal v] not want [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that , and because of that , Birt may not want to be around . |
| 2 | What we had n't bargained for was that she might not want to be the next Franz Klammer . |
| 3 | An insecure man , she knew , might not want to be married to someone more powerful than himself . |
| 4 | Perhaps he and Laetitia should forget their search for their missing brother or sister , who , after all , might not want to be found , and let the past look after itself ? |
| 5 | He could not want to be kind , could not love the tarnished and ruined thing Sally-Anne Tunstall was , but she looked at him all the same . |
| 6 | That having been said , I would not want to be without the very special qualities of this new Teldec release — a most moving interpretation brilliantly performed . |
| 7 | And there are not many boys who would not want to be him , because A he is attractive , B he can write and act , C he can play the drums and D he is a wild boy and rebel . ’ |
| 8 | Of the two , Biddulph again offer the finest transfers , though I would not want to be without Cortot 's version of the Liszt Sonata on Music and Arts where , despite so may battle-scarred moments , his performance blazes with an endearingly old-fashioned poetry , thunder and lightning . |
| 9 | And I would not want to be pushed further . |
| 10 | Of course Harry would not want to be burdened with her , even if he could afford to start up his stud at Maythorpe House . |
| 11 | The Consumer Credit Trade Association is considering the NCC proposals , but Director John Patrick FICM said that his initial thoughts were that the CCTA would not want to be involved in collecting a levy . |
| 12 | His life is very simple and he would not want to be rich . ’ |
| 13 | There is a very simple message here : if I were you Mr Chairman , I would not want to be a Labour priority . |
| 14 | THIS fractured and desolate album is often unbearably intense , and you sincerely would n't want to be in its author 's shoes . |
| 15 | I just thought you would n't want to be woken up again . ’ |
| 16 | But then I do n't like blood so I would n't want to be either a cook or a surgeon . |
| 17 | That 's why I would n't want to be a model . |
| 18 | He happily helps the farmer but also has some sympathy with the cuddly pet view , if only to the extent that he would n't want to be responsible for wiping rabbits out — as if he could ! |
| 19 | If it 's like promoting the idea of killing cops as being a good thing , if this band wanted to do a song like that I would n't want to be in the band . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I would n't want to be anywhere else , ’ she said . |
| 21 | You 'd think they would n't want to be seen in public ; but no , there they are , living it up , and my own daughter aiding and abetting them as if she were doing some thing clever . |
| 22 | I would n't want to be a defender and see him coming on with 20 minutes left after being run ragged by Ian Rush , ’ he said . |
| 23 | They sat astonished as Sir Claus Moser , head of the National Commission on Education , told them : ‘ The majority of our children are in schools which you would n't want to be associated with . |
| 24 | And so I would n't want to be er asked to interpret any one line of this in particular , or to put any particular nuance on it because then you would say aha but that 's not what we believe . |
| 25 | I would n't want to be either of those women . |
| 26 | ‘ Nay , ’ said Fred , ‘ I like it where I am , it suits me where I am , I would n't want to be moving at my age . |
| 27 | ‘ Have n't you ever thought , ’ asked Biddy , not looking at me , ‘ that he would n't want to meet important people , he would n't want to be taken away from this job that he does well , and the village where he 's loved ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's a bit scary that he 's such a big star — I would n't want to be because you get so isolated from everybody , without much contact with normal people , ’ she says . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've never worked with either my sister or my dad — I would n't want to be like certain families in this business , ’ she says , just a touch scornfully . |
| 30 | Of the rest of the pack she says : ‘ I would n't want to be definite about how many of then will be around in five years ’ time . ’ |