Example sentences of "people do [not/n't] want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nemeth said of Hungary 's transition to multiparty democracy that " the revolution happened not only because people did not want to live in that way , but also because the government did not want to govern in that way " . |
| 2 | People did not want to hold hands with either of them at first , but without her red cloak to remind them of sin , they quickly forgot who Izzie was . |
| 3 | The causal connections between early life chances and present opportunities were implicit rather than explicit almost as if people did not want to articulate these except in the ways that I report . |
| 4 | The people did n't want to hear the message , and took out their frustration on Jeremiah . |
| 5 | I think that people do n't want to see any more constitutional changes , but there are many more changes in the culture , in the way the Party operates at local , regional , and national level , which we will be addressing , but what we 're not going to have is more constitutional changes , because people feel that we 've made changes , we have moved the Party forward , we 're clear the direction we 're going in , and now the Party at all levels wants to address itself not only to building our membership , but also to showing how the policies we 've got meet the changed world outside . |
| 6 | He told staff : ‘ If people do n't want to go along with me there is no place for them in Ashworth . ’ |
| 7 | We may be an enlightened society but I 'm sure many people do n't want to sit through graphic descriptions of a certain type of sanitary towel — especially at meal times . |
| 8 | negative and excluding people , but I also think that labels can be very , very positive and very , very important and that 's , I think that 's why erm , people thought up the word feminism and yeah , okay we have to think about the word and we have to think about what it means for us so yeah , a lot of pe , er people do n't want to call themselves feminists because the label has such negative connotations , but it does also mean very positive things , it 's a way of bringing people together , it 's a way of supporting each other , it 's , you know it 's , brings solidarity to the movement and people need labels . |
| 9 | I think with it being Tranmere 's first competitive game in Europe it is something people do n't want to miss . |
| 10 | ‘ People do n't want to spend £25 on a meal . ’ |
| 11 | Now she 'll just have to find a car that people do n't want to steal . |
| 12 | The people do n't want to help you unload because they do n't want you to go … |
| 13 | It takes an hour and a lot of people do n't want to walk around the city they 'd like the option of going around on the bus . |
| 14 | Young people do n't want to enter a hotel as a waiter or bar person , because of the demeaning stigma attached to the job , unlike Greece , Italy or Spain where it is regarded as a worthwhile career . |
| 15 | Ultimately , if people do n't want to hear you , they do n't want to know you . |
| 16 | People do n't want to hear about that . |
| 17 | Well people do n't want to pay sixty quid for a P A , cos |
| 18 | some of the guys out there , you know , the Russian people do n't want to start anything you know , but also they , they feel they have n't got the technology we have |
| 19 | They 're the small items which most people do n't want to buy . |
| 20 | Because people do n't want to buy a repossessed house . |
| 21 | After all , people do n't want to know about me , but about my books . ’ |
| 22 | yeah , she maybe does , but I think she 's trying to , to try and promote the fact that aids patients are harmless , because a lot of aids patients are very isolated , people do n't want to know them , they think you can catch it through shaking hands , drinking out the same cup and all that , and I think she 's trying to prove that look I 'm alright , so should you be , but she does go a bit over the top |
| 23 | But people do not want to complain because of the stresses and strains of going public with that information . |
| 24 | People do not want to see a black face under a bearskin . |
| 25 | In fact , his comments seemingly invite the charge , for he describes the lack of black guardsmen in terms of feelings rather than in terms of the discourse of external factuality : ‘ People do not want to see a black face under a bearskin . ’ |
| 26 | Most people do not want to vote in a right-wing government so much as to get rid of a discredited and deeply unpopular Socialist government . |
| 27 | The overwhelming majority of the British people do not want to return to such Victorian values as jobs at any price . |
| 28 | These people do not want to remain in Bosnia-Hercegovina , they wish to join Croatia , a dream they share with the Croat president Franjo Tudjman . |
| 29 | Young people do not want to live in them , when as often as not work means agriculture or nothing . |
| 30 | In other areas , especially work , most people do not want to renounce enough of their instinctual satisfactions necessary to produce the wealth . |