Example sentences of "not want [pron] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But the rest of our family insisted because we did not want him to be endangered .
2 I did not want him to be alone with Otto .
3 Silas would not want me to be in a room where somebody such as yourself could have an ear pressed to the wall .
4 Salah did not need to persuade himself ; and his Egyptian teacher was also anxious that his daughter should continue — — but he did not want her to be the only one .
5 Similarly Mr. Pope , who was looking after his wife , said he did not want her to be anywhere else but at home :
6 I also told her that there was no guarantee that she would come up with the answer the first time she was regressed , as this would be a new experience for her and her ever-protective subconscious would not want her to be upset in any way .
7 She knew that her grown-ups were frightened and she did not want them to be frightened , but she also knew that Fenna was a mightier protection than all their loving care could ever be .
8 But when she heard about Lore Selo and her two sisters , whose mother did not want them to be parted , Miss Harder promptly offered to take all three and the committee were shocked into acceptance .
9 We do not want them to be upset , so we keep them away from funerals , or from saying goodbye , face to face , to their relatives and friends .
10 He said that , despite the fact that representatives of the Russian Parliament did not want them to be built and decisions had been taken for them not to be built , they were still being built because of the nature of the command economy that is being phased out .
11 They did not want it to be too obvious , since observing the search would provide them with great amusement .
12 He is looking for an easy rapport , but he does not want it to be too easy .
13 I think it 's I 'm not convinced about it because I think there 's s some people would , do n't , will not want it to be , to be involved in violence I , I would n't think .
14 She does not want you to be tried by the government . ’
15 I DO not want us to be a little England , impoverished , devoid of influence , sour in isolation , languishing either on the sidelines of Europe or of history .
16 He had not wanted her to be here any more than she 'd wanted to come .
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