Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] want [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 2 | I do not want him to return now . |
| 3 | Death would be too kind an end for a man who has done what he has , and I do not want him to escape into it . ’ |
| 4 | I do NOT want him going to some — |
| 5 | I do not want them buried under mounds of paper . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Because I do not want us to stop being friends . |
| 7 | I shall certainly look at that , but this is exactly the sort of issue in which I do not want us to get involved . |
| 8 | ‘ I do not want you to go ! |
| 9 | I do not want you to call here . |
| 10 | ‘ I do not want you to say a word until you have drunk at least two glasses . ’ |
| 11 | Judge Peter Greenwood remanded Gillespie in custody for medical reports , but told him , ‘ I do not want you to think for one moment that you are not facing a custodial sentence . ’ |
| 12 | But I do not want you to marry me just because your parents wanted it . |
| 13 | I am being a trifle cunning in this , as I do not want you to forget me . |
| 14 | It 's awfully generous of you to offer to have her , but I do n't want her hanging around , getting under your feet all day . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I told you , I do n't want her hurt again . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't want her shouting names at me over the fence . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't want her to go getting any wrong ideas about what 's become of me . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Now , pop your trews off and give her a cuddle ; and make sure she 's out of here soon , I do n't want her mooning about in the morning . ’ |
| 19 | I was always the buffer between the two , I used to say I agree with you dear , I do n't want her to wear nylons , that 's not the point , all her friends are wearing nylons and she 's not going to be the |
| 20 | I do n't want her to die . |
| 21 | I do n't want her to die ! ’ |
| 22 | I do n't want her sneaking out while I 'm in bed . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't want her made unhappy . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want her going into a home , ’ her father said flatly . |
| 25 | I do n't want her to stay a dedicated career woman . |
| 26 | ‘ And I do n't want her to find out . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't want her to end up with the sort of empty life I 've got to look forward to . |
| 28 | Myra has wedding bells ringing in her ears all day ; I do n't want her to add me to her list of brides . |
| 29 | I do n't want her to get out of her depth . |
| 30 | I do n't want her beating it and then have to pick all fat off it ! |