Example sentences of "not [verb] [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a suggestion in Bridget 's tone she did not want to respond to . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd have to signal in advance which issues you regarded as a matter of confidence — for instance , the Tories might have a crack at coal privatisation but might not want to go to the country on it if they failed . ’ |
| 3 | She did not want to go to the beach because the beach meant the bikini , and spending all afternoon sucking in her gut and wondering why her skin went straight from fishbelly white to lobster red while all the other kids had golden tans . |
| 4 | On page 12 Whit Deschner explains why you would not want to go to this prime honeypot river . |
| 5 | The main problem was that many graduates did not want to go to units where conditions were not seen as ‘ suitable ’ to their requirements . |
| 6 | " The burial regulations and provision of mourning " , notes Stephen Jones , " make it plain that many a coasting man did not want to go to his maker like his deep-sea brother , sliding down a plank in a canvas sack with the last stitch through his nose " . |
| 7 | I did not want to go to prison again . |
| 8 | She did not want to go to her parents through fear of her father and because she might run into her baby 's father . |
| 9 | All she knew was that , unlike Cinderella , she did not want to go to Roman 's ball … |
| 10 | You may not want to go to all this trouble so I 'll let you in on another easier method of finding some good swims . |
| 11 | If you do not want to go to the police , ring Sunday Life on Belfast 331133 ext 4316 and your message will be passed on to the McDermotts . |
| 12 | ‘ He did not want to go to prison , so he decided to try out one of the well-known methods of avoiding prison by offering his services as a police informer , ’ Mr Roberts said . |
| 13 | He used to say that he did not want to listen to a man like Beethoven , whose stormy music told his hearers all about himself and his troubles , but rather to hear the pure beauty of musical form , which so far as he was concerned reached its acme in Mozart 's classical perfection . |
| 14 | It may also be that they did not want to listen to difficult questions we wanted to put . ’ |
| 15 | The work force want to return to a contract and yet do not want to return to a situation which takes away from their individual freedom and negotiating rights . |
| 16 | Is it really true that industrialists do not want to return to such a situation ? |
| 17 | Industrialists do not want to return to Labour party policies because they know full well that that would mean Front-Bench Labour Members taking decisions instead of them . |
| 18 | I do not want to return to a world in which the lights go out , there is no money in the country , we have to turn to the International Monetary Fund , and investment in the leading industries has to be cut back . |
| 19 | The overwhelming majority of the British people do not want to return to such Victorian values as jobs at any price . |
| 20 | Rain did not want to explain to the others . |
| 21 | Generally , however , this suits neither party ; the lender normally has no wish to become a member and shareholder of the company and the borrower does not want to cease to be one . |
| 22 | And she did not want to talk to anyone . |
| 23 | But she did not want to talk to them . |
| 24 | The living may not want to talk to us but the dead await ! ’ |
| 25 | She did not want to talk to her friend about Jamie , and she did not trust herself to hold a lengthy conversation with Bridget without mentioning his visit . |
| 26 | The first reason is that I did not want to advertise to anyone interested that a new swim had been create and cultivated . |
| 27 | Central government knew this would happen but did not want to admit to it in its plans . |
| 28 | I did not want to come to this council , but I came hoping that we could save blood . |
| 29 | This meant that the troublemakers , including many who did not want to come to Great Engeham in the first place , were given a pretty free run . |
| 30 | Is it too fanciful to suggest that once schools know why pupils do not want to come to classes , teachers can set about making school more attractive for at least some of the disaffected ? |