Example sentences of "not [adv] want [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The details of it all were a little mundane to him and he did not necessarily want to be implicated in them . |
| 2 | The business constituency not only wants to be as little burdened as possible with the costs of complying with regulation , it is also critical of what it sees as inordinate amounts of money being spent on pollution control by bloated , publicly-funded organizations . |
| 3 | The elderly do not always want to be on the receiving end , and any gift of food they offer us , whether it is a meal or just a pot of home-made jam , should be accepted with appreciation , for all such gifts are a part of the pattern of love in which they still wish to be involved . |
| 4 | A LETTER from Greta Garbo shows she did not always want to be alone . |
| 5 | They did not really want to be mutineers , but they were afraid of Tom Smith . |
| 6 | I was not even wanting to be alone . |