Example sentences of "[modal v] not want [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | His life is very simple and he would not want to be rich . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ’ Kiefer has that three-degrees off morphine thing happening for him … a bizarre energy ’ or Promised Land director Michael Hoffman , who said : ’ Kiefer would n't want to be normal . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | You like the noise and the bustle of the city , you would n't want to be stuck out here , with nothing but trees and flowers to look at , and no one to talk to but the birds or a passing rabbit ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I would n't want to be attractive to someone like you , ’ Jenna blurted out , driven to defending herself . |
| 8 | They would n't want to be near warehousing units of course but erm there 's a lot of new building going on and with so much competition Thinking of Imelda for a job , I mean there 's , there 's loads of places here as well for her Exeter Hospital you know the Torbay . |
| 9 | It was quite likely that , after Wednesday night , Tanner would n't want to be alone with Maxim . |
| 10 | Well no , but I would n't want to be able to replace these at the prices that these cost us , unless |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't want to be responsible for their collapse . ’ |
| 13 | Oh no — I would n't want to be responsible for landing someone else in this mess . ’ |
| 14 | But if you are to make the most of your life as a student , both academically and socially , you certainly wo n't want to be worrying about your finances . |
| 15 | The idea being that if he spends the next couple of weeks explaining to all the other people there why he ca n't keep his hands off women he wo n't want to be unfaithful any more and his wife will forgive him . |
| 16 | Even a woman like you wo n't want to be responsible for what could happen to my sister if I do n't find him soon . ’ |