Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] not want give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real reason is I am frightened what folk will say , or I do not want to give up this particular habit of mine . |
| 2 | Dragged answers from me that I did n't want to give . ’ |
| 3 | We have been here 30 years and I do n't want to give up the No 10 . |
| 4 | We need to fight drug addiction in the first instance and I do n't want to give people the paraphernalia to continue using drugs . ’ |
| 5 | I realize I 'm sort of giving a very , very negative impression , and I do n't want to give the suggestion either that being unemployed has to be always bad , that all unemployed people are having a totally horrible time all of the time and are feeling very depressed all of the time — that 's not the case — but I 'm afraid that is more like the average erm situation , the typical situation , than otherwise . |
| 6 | And I do n't want to give those figures at the present time . |
| 7 | I do n't like speeches and I did n't want to give a speech , but Martha insisted I should . |
| 8 | So situations are reviewed and we do look at monitored traffic flows for example , we do look at our justifications and if there are reasons for a change we can go back , so it 's not irreversible by any means , that is the current committed preferred route however and I did n't want to give an indication that by changing the diagram we were saying everything 's opened up again , cos clearly we 've reached a stage that the County Council 's declared it 's a preferred route and that 's |
| 9 | At the moment he 's under control , but I do n't want to give him time to try going over my head . ’ |
| 10 | I want to help those in adverse circumstances , but I do not want to give it all back . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I 'll answer the question , but only because I do n't want to give the impression I 'm hiding anything . |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe because I did n't want to give you any more reason to lord it over me . ’ |