Example sentences of "not want [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They stated that they did not want him to exist in this fashion . ’ |
| 2 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 3 | Death would be too kind an end for a man who has done what he has , and I do not want him to escape into it . ’ |
| 4 | Leslie did not want me to go with him to the station , and so I watched him from the hotel-room window , his jaunty walk bravely exaggerated . |
| 5 | My father and Elizabeth did not want me to go to England alone , because I had been so ill . |
| 6 | Mr. Hallworth 's evidence was that he did not want her to enter into the transaction , but she said she wanted to go ahead with it . |
| 7 | Could we qualify that that we do not want them to go down School Lane ? |
| 8 | We would also not want them to fall into the hands of children . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You may not want them to begin with , but you should n't fix it , do n't say ‘ I 'll never want children ’ , and do n't put him in that position either . |
| 10 | Judge Peter Greenwood remanded Gillespie in custody for medical reports , but told him , ‘ I do not want you to think for one moment that you are not facing a custodial sentence . ’ |
| 11 | If the Labour party did not want us to vote for its councillors , what confidence can we have in the people that it puts up for election ? |
| 12 | This authority is taking a somewhat different view to that public inquiry than the erm the highways authority er after shire hill er erm so I I think if we were to take a decision tonight it could affect our position at the public inquiry adversely er and I would not want us to get into that situation so I think to some extent er councillor timing on this motions is wrong and we should n't be be er discussing it now . |
| 13 | Jane had not wanted them to stay against their will , and once they were gone , she plunged into work . |
| 14 | She had not wanted him to respond with a show of good humour . |
| 15 | She had not wanted him to behave like ‘ darling Alexander ’ ! |