Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just do n't want to be under an obligation to him . " |
| 2 | ‘ Now it seems an odd decision because the film was such a big success , but I did n't want to be under contract to anyone for any length of time with whom I did n't feel much in common . |
| 3 | If , I say , if you want me out of the kitchen just say so , I do n't want to be under your feet . |
| 4 | She do n't want to be on her own , even at night , so what I done was drag my mattress and sleeping bag into her room , and that 's where I 'm sleeping now — on her floor . |
| 5 | Well , after we sold about fifty thousand , Terence Stamp decided he did n't want to be on our cover so we got Morrissey to pose in the same position . |
| 6 | Sometimes I do n't want to be on that stage . |
| 7 | I do n't want to be on the phone when he arrives — it 'll make him wary . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't want to be on my own . |
| 9 | I just did n't want to be on my own . |
| 10 | Besides , somehow she did n't want to be on her own with her troubling thoughts . |
| 11 | ‘ There could be a final twist in the promotion trail and we do n't want to be on the receiving end . |
| 12 | You ca n't think about they do n't want to be on a station come here in Newcastle . |
| 13 | If you 've a pool or jacuzzi , you certainly wo n't want to be without your Steamatic when it comes to cleaning all those tiled floor surfaces around the pool . |
| 14 | But my father had such a good heart that he did n't want to be without us . |
| 15 | But you would n't want to be without them thought would you ? |
| 16 | She does n't want to be with the likes of us . |
| 17 | I do n't want to be with you all the time . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to be with you , Julia . |
| 19 | He said hardly anything , I knew he really did n't want to be with us ( with Caroline ) but he 'd caught us up ; he ca n't have spotted from behind who we were , he was obviously going the same way . |
| 20 | It 's no fair reason they do n't want to be with me. anybody could go off their head for that . |
| 21 | She did n't want to be with him , any more than he wanted to be with her . |
| 22 | But you , probably would n't want to be with John . |
| 23 | But I suppose she had pretended to be ill because she did n't want to be at the funeral . |
| 24 | And she did n't want to be at odds with him , did n't want him to think her a cheat — only what were the odds on him ever believing otherwise ? |
| 25 | I do n't want to be like a medieval inquisitor . |
| 26 | ‘ She was a simple commodity with a squeaky-clean public image and there was n't still is n't — a kid who did n't want to be like her or a parent who would discourage their children from admiring her . ’ |
| 27 | At the same time I did n't want to be like them . |
| 28 | Some people of forty are dead already , fixed like waxworks ; I did n't want to be like that . |
| 29 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 30 | " I do n't want to be like other women and cheat you . |