Example sentences of "did not [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In a recent NOP poll , 83 per cent of those questioned did not want to drink milk treated with BST . |
| 32 | Lily too had noticed the policeman by now and perhaps did not want to encounter him . |
| 33 | Olszewski was cited as saying that the new coalition did not want to overthrow the authorities and was not oriented towards a putsch . |
| 34 | Olszewski was cited as saying that the new coalition did not want to overthrow the authorities and was not oriented towards a putsch . |
| 35 | He says ; After the farewell tour I concentrated on acting and my future and I did not want to sing Dr Hook 's songs but I now understand people will want me too . |
| 36 | She did not want to carry on a lengthy conversation with this garrulous dumb woman ; she wanted to go to bed and hug Edward Bear . |
| 37 | The TUC 's plans for the part of the economy which it did not want to nationalise were far removed from the anti-trust policy which the coalition was considering . |
| 38 | Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other . |
| 39 | She thought she might find Oliver sleeping on the couch which he sometimes did if he came late and did not want to disturb her , but he had not come home . |
| 40 | The room , and the view , and the two people , seemed so calm that I did not want to disturb them . |
| 41 | Although it was their wood , a place where they often came , Libby felt herself to be an intruder , she did not want to disturb the figure by the water , who was now breaking pieces of stick and dropping them at his feet . |
| 42 | Ballantyne 's boys were very soft when they first saw the pig because they did not want to disturb it when it was sleeping . |
| 43 | In May New Forum demanded that people be given access to their personal files , but Peter-Michael Diestel , then Internal Affairs Minister , said on May 16 that he opposed such a move as he did not want to spread " a denunciatory atmosphere " in society again . |
| 44 | Fru Gertlinger knew that Elisabeth did not want to unpick the past with her and she never made mention of it . |
| 45 | Competition between the Poles and the Commission had driven up the price of land in Pomerania by over 100 per cent by 1900 , so that land the German farmers did not want to farm cost twice as much as farmland anywhere else in Germany . |
| 46 | And she did not want to talk to anyone . |
| 47 | He wanted no publicity and he did not want to talk about himself . |
| 48 | The family did not want to talk about politics but they asked about Mrs Zamzam 's health . |
| 49 | Henry did not want to talk about the redevelopment of Wimbledon town centre . |
| 50 | ‘ That must have been interesting , ’ said Julia and then , because it was obvious that Felicity did not want to talk about her war experiences , began to swap anodyne reminiscences with her . |
| 51 | When Van Cheele got to London , Cunningham did not want to talk at first . |
| 52 | I tried once or twice to reverse our roles , but he again made it clear that he did not want to talk about himself I said nothing about the glove . |
| 53 | He did not want to talk , and I was content to wait . |
| 54 | But the lawyer did not want to talk about Doctor Lanyon . |
| 55 | But she did not want to talk to them . |
| 56 | ‘ He 's very pleasant , ’ she said , but somehow she did not want to talk about John . |
| 57 | The Japanese did not want to talk about them , see them , hear about them , get married to them or employ them . |
| 58 | No wonder the right hon. Gentleman did not want to talk about the Bill . |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | He did not want to talk about the woman in Dundalk , though , the double life , the scenes and drunken violence . |