Example sentences of "[not/n't] want to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A lot of times , husbands and wives will not want to be with anybody but themselves . |
| 2 | I could see that if the others achieved their work ambitions they would not be in the house all day , and I did not want to be at home on my own . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They do not want to be in the position of having to make decisions . |
| 6 | Gedge can not remember a time when he did not want to be in a pop group . |
| 7 | At the same time they wanted to be able to increase their staffing as and when orders came along , and did not want to be in a position to have to refuse orders because they did not have the staff , or lose them because they could not promise fast enough delivery . |
| 8 | It is always almost impossible for a single practitioner to obtain more than the other firms in the area are obtaining and you do not want to be in a position of being undersold because your colleagues in other firms have an unrealistic view about what should be charged . |
| 9 | Obviously we do not want to be in two minds up to the last day and he would n't do that but there is quite a a period of discretion where the time gets shorter and er he would have to make a judgement . |
| 10 | Well I 've visited both Cambodia itself and the camps , er first of all in the camps , the situation is appalling because there are very many people who do not want to be in those camps and are really in effect being held there against their will , and what has been extraordinary until this year , is that the people who 've been holding them there against their will have been the Phol Pot dominated so-called coalition government and on the basis of the people being in the camps , that , that , that regime has gone on to claim recognition at the United Nations ; an appalling situation . |
| 11 | But our sons now do not want to be like us . " |
| 12 | So did the Famlio thugs , after Pulvidon he snarled at them , not wanting to be out doing . |
| 13 | I just do n't want to be under an obligation to him . " |
| 14 | ‘ Now it seems an odd decision because the film was such a big success , but I did n't want to be under contract to anyone for any length of time with whom I did n't feel much in common . |
| 15 | If , I say , if you want me out of the kitchen just say so , I do n't want to be under your feet . |
| 16 | She do n't want to be on her own , even at night , so what I done was drag my mattress and sleeping bag into her room , and that 's where I 'm sleeping now — on her floor . |
| 17 | Well , after we sold about fifty thousand , Terence Stamp decided he did n't want to be on our cover so we got Morrissey to pose in the same position . |
| 18 | Sometimes I do n't want to be on that stage . |
| 19 | I do n't want to be on the phone when he arrives — it 'll make him wary . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't want to be on my own . |
| 21 | I just did n't want to be on my own . |
| 22 | Besides , somehow she did n't want to be on her own with her troubling thoughts . |
| 23 | ‘ There could be a final twist in the promotion trail and we do n't want to be on the receiving end . |
| 24 | You ca n't think about they do n't want to be on a station come here in Newcastle . |
| 25 | If you 've a pool or jacuzzi , you certainly wo n't want to be without your Steamatic when it comes to cleaning all those tiled floor surfaces around the pool . |
| 26 | But my father had such a good heart that he did n't want to be without us . |
| 27 | But you would n't want to be without them thought would you ? |
| 28 | She does n't want to be with the likes of us . |
| 29 | I do n't want to be with you all the time . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to be with you , Julia . |