Example sentences of "not want [prep] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She does not want of be forced into a legal structure dominated by her . |
| 2 | Mike , 47 , said : ‘ I did not want to be accepted on my fame as a comic . ’ |
| 3 | Of course Harry would not want to be burdened with her , even if he could afford to start up his stud at Maythorpe House . |
| 4 | A 63-year-old property developer who does not want to be named , he is one of the wealthiest men on the island . |
| 5 | Today the detective constable 's wife — who does not want to be named — faces exploratory surgery after a lump was found in a breast . |
| 6 | Of course , ‘ capitalism ’ is not identified as such , just as Barthes ( 1972 ) has claimed that the bourgeoisie is ‘ the social class which does not want to be named ’ , and just as the YCs themselves preferred the label of ‘ ordinary ’ to a class identification . |
| 7 | One solicitor , who did not want to be named , said the new rules were introduced to ensure public accountability for legal aid fees , to which they did not object . |
| 8 | She did not want to be named , but told The Northern last night : ‘ I left the CTC for a variety of reasons . |
| 9 | Another neighbour who did not want to be named said : ‘ The fire was really ferocious . |
| 10 | One 42-year-old market trader who did not want to be named , said : ‘ It is good to know that there is someone who is doing something about the problem . ’ |
| 11 | The Darlington woman , who does not want to be named for fear of reprisals , launched her criticism after spotting four boys aged about ten pelting stones at ducks near South Park . |
| 12 | They decided to help after hearing how the woman , who does not want to be named , was set upon by two boys near the Red Hall estate in Darlington last week . |
| 13 | The three sprang into action after hearing how the woman , who does not want to be named , was set upon by the boys near the Red Hall estate in Darlington last week . |
| 14 | One publisher , who did not want to be named , agreed : ‘ Jackie Collins has got a new book out called American Star but I can not see it doing very well . |
| 15 | One member of staff at the Abercrombie Road site , who did not want to be named , said : ‘ Everyone is sick here . |
| 16 | Although I recognise that for obvious reasons the Secretary of State will not want to be locked or painted into a figure of 512 as the maximum , which is what it would be , will he tell the House whether , in the light of last week 's discussions with President Yeltsin and the changes that have taken place since Christmas , the Government are now considering the minimum deterrent to be somewhat lower than they had previously considered it necessary to be ? |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe one of them did not want to be involved but kept quiet because of fear . |
| 18 | Because respectable England , being what it was , did not want to be waited upon by gangling adolescents with spots , nor to have itself paged by unmodulated voices that were just breaking , and youths in such positions invariably got the push when they grew out of the uniform , or lost their boyish looks . |
| 19 | Most of our local people do not want to be tied into packages , ’ says assistant manager Tracey Johnson . |
| 20 | Dupea did not want to be tied down by anything or anyone — which seemed Nicholson 's own philosophy — and he wanted above all to keep on the move . |
| 21 | I was happy with the arrangement because I did not want to be tied to a nine-to-five existence , and my employer remained happy , especially when I made regular appearances as his partner at various golf days — all good for business , of course . |
| 22 | I really , strongly do not want to be ruled by such people — people with America 's political correctness , but without the American love of liberty ; people with the Continent 's dirigisme , but without a Continental breadth of culture ; people with a modern metropolitan 's contempt for his own country 's traditions , but a bumpkin 's ignorance of economics . |
| 23 | If the Secretary of State for Education and Science does not want to be charged with the suppression of evidence , the Leader of the House should appeal to him to come clean , go public and reveal the evidence . |
| 24 | She does not want to be treated like a star . ’ |
| 25 | However , a firm may treat a client or counterparty as a market counterparty by virtue of its status as a member of a listed category only if : ( 1 ) The investment is of the right kind ; this will mean seeking information in advance from overseas persons as to the kinds of investment they regularly deal in and , if necessary , from exchange members as to the kinds of investment dealt in on the exchange ; ( 2 ) Normally , the firm notifies the client or counterparty in writing in advance that it will be treated as a market counterparty ( so that a notification is essential , except as referred to below ) and he has not told the firm that he does not want to be treated as a market counterparty in relation to the investments concerned . |
| 26 | I do not want to be misunderstood . |
| 27 | No it 's not going on loud Charlotte , I do not want to be deafened by Michael Jackson thank you , I think that 's quite loud enough |
| 28 | She did not want to be dragged further into her growing feelings for him either . |
| 29 | Ziegler did not want to be slowed down by the prisoner , so he ordered the Frenchman to strip off his boots and coat , then ordered his Sergeant to cut the man 's overall straps . |
| 30 | Peter Armstrong , defending , said Ganguly had pretended to be his brother because he was already facing a charge of driving with excess alcohol and did not want to be remanded in custody . |