Example sentences of "[noun sg] he do not want " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franco had always had this power to part the curtains on a scene he did not want to see . |
| 2 | In fact , with his book of Spanish Civil War photographs , for the second edition he did not want them retouched ; he wanted the scratches , etc , left in because there was that feeling about it . |
| 3 | In truth he did not want to go , for he was tired and saddle-sore , but this day the allies needed accurate news of the enemy so that their response could be certain , fast and lethal . |
| 4 | He would have done better to have given everything to the boy outright , but it is my belief he did not want Benedict to lose touch with his godmother . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ In the early 1990s there will be an opportunity to free himself from a role he does not want . ’ |
| 6 | The poor man frantically tried to bargain for his reinstatement , admitting that he had been not altogether sober and apologising for making a resignation he did not want . |
| 7 | The woman was simply his mistress , whom for some reason he did not want me to meet ; or who perhaps did not want to meet me . |
| 8 | Lucie cursed , but dropped down from the cart seat and came to stand behind Gabriel , side-on to the door , snatching sidelong glances at the thing he did not want to see . |
| 9 | On the other hand he does not want to jeopardise his shadowy courtship of Indonesia 's 160m Muslims . |
| 10 | After he had rung off Lewis considered informing the police , he thought this might be his duty , but on the other hand he did not want the police actually to be there when Adam arrived . |
| 11 | Mostly he feared the answer he did not want to hear . |
| 12 | This time he did not want to make love to me when he dropped the tapes off , and in truth I was a little tired . |