Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | For instance , if the parties do not want the expert to consider any evidence other than that contained in their submissions , and do not want him to make his own independent investigations , they could stipulate to that effect in the expert clause . |
| 32 | I was pleased that he could come , although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work . |
| 33 | She did not want him to exercise his leg until the infected burn had healed completely . |
| 34 | Later I found that Mains did not want me watching his team train ‘ because I knew too much about rugby ’ and would tell the opposition of his plans . |
| 35 | Lina 's family will not want her to see me , but I am quite convinced she herself would welcome my presence . |
| 36 | He did not want her to think he was gloating . |
| 37 | Liz was prepared to allow the therapist to talk to her parents , but she did not want her to tell them about her problems concerning the shop , preferring to discuss these with them herself . |
| 38 | He dared not pull away , even though he did not want her to feel his changing body , but at this point one of her gentle caresses touched the corner of his mouth and before he could stop himself his mouth was on hers , and restrain himself as he might it was a lover 's kiss , not a friend 's . |
| 39 | On second thoughts he also sent one of his aides to fetch blankets as well , for some of the ladies did not seem to be very decently attired and , although they did not look very enticing , he still did not want them to give his men ideas . |
| 40 | We do not want them to know we are coming . ’ |
| 41 | But he did not want them to follow him under any false delusion . |
| 42 | This was largely because the Dutch were conscious that they were operating on a narrow margin , and they did not want anything to distract them from their main purpose , which was to bring goods for trade and re-export to their great complex of ports , banks , and merchant houses around Amsterdam . |
| 43 | I decided to try to ignore it as I did not want anything to distract me from my purpose . |
| 44 | I would not want anyone to think we had provided the final word . |
| 45 | I did not want anyone to think I was a Yahoo , so I tried to make it clear that my habits were very different from theirs . |
| 46 | He did not want anybody to see him . |
| 47 | I am being a trifle cunning in this , as I do not want you to forget me . |
| 48 | During this preparation phase we do not want you to change your shopping habits when buying food . |
| 49 | But I do not want you to marry me just because your parents wanted it . |
| 50 | ‘ If you were my daughter , I would not want you soiling your hands with this lot . ’ |
| 51 | Odd-Knut — whose English was good enough to know that he did not want us to call him ‘ Odd ’ — suggested that he could leave us near the Finnish border and we could ski or walk the last bit . |
| 52 | When two sentences are placed together in sequence by a writer who does not want us to consider them as a continuous text , their separateness or disconnectedness must be positively indicated . |
| 53 | ‘ We must meet reverses boldly , not suffer them to frighten us , my dear . |
| 54 | Not trusting him to return it , she would not give it . |
| 55 | He had not heard them pass him ; he had been too intent on watching the singer . |
| 56 | She had not heard him approach her . |
| 57 | I 'm not helping you do it . |
| 58 | But the essay is usually a closed form , not allowing students to admit to uncertainty in their thinking , not allowing them to explore their ideas in imaginative and open-ended ways . |
| 59 | It is a young woman 's role , in her eyes , to play by society 's rules while not allowing them to define her . |
| 60 | ‘ If a husband or wife wants a family deep down , then it may eat away at the relationship and they may blame their partner for not allowing them to fulfil their needs . ’ |