Example sentences of "that [pron] [verb] [adv] want [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | is that I do n't want him so |
| 2 | The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ . |
| 3 | So And o , also when it 's the day before I , I 'm working I 'm very conscience that I do n't want her to be upset in the morning , same with Christopher I do n't want any upsets in the morning . |
| 4 | It wo n't be difficult then for me to let it be known that I do n't want you working here . ’ |
| 5 | It 's that I do n't want it . |
| 6 | ‘ Because I made it crystal-clear , right from the start , that I did n't want you here , complicating my life . |
| 7 | This is not always easy , especially when the relationship is going through a sticky patch , but if they can feel close from time to time , the pulling-back will happen less , and Elizabeth could reassure Harry that just because she wants to do things for herself does n't mean that she does n't want him . |
| 8 | And he knew now that he wanted her , wanted her when it was obvious that she did n't want him and would never again risk rejection . |
| 9 | Sensations running wild , Shelley put her arms round him , holding him close , unable to pretend that she did n't want him . |
| 10 | She said she would shop for a couple of hours on her own , that she did n't want him with her while she mooched around dress departments . |
| 11 | She had done everything in her power to force him back and now knew quite clearly and definitely that she did n't want him . |
| 12 | Except that there was the very disturbing thought lodged somewhere in her mind that she did n't want it to be harmless . |
| 13 | Grilled Dover sole ( not buttery ) , be assertive about any plain grilled white fish , tell the waiter that you do not want it served swimming with butter . |
| 14 | You must … convince us that you do not want us to declare war simply in order to terrify the English into making peace by a naval promenade in the Channel . |
| 15 | I take it from what you say that you do n't want him to see the child ? |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not good if you have to tell a player that you do n't want him after the season then expect him to give 100 per cent . ’ |
| 17 | Executors we 've dealt with and expenses , alterations I 've just dealt with er Oh if you want to change you mind , and remember a will is only a piece of paper until you die , you can change your mind as often as you like I have made a will in the past Four wills in one year for one of my clients , his right he 's perfectly entitled to do that er and it 's better that you alter it frequently if your circumstances change than that you do n't be aware of how things go in the way that you do n't want them do . |
| 18 | This guy just said , ‘ I can bring it here first thing in the morning in a carrier bag , and do n't be clever by saying that you do n't want it . ’ |
| 19 | Usually they give you a , a thing to return it , you know , a thing that you do n't want it , girls let you take the orders down the ware house , oh , put the return it too cos the , cos there 's nothing in there . |
| 20 | but then because it 's going into the body it 's also counteracting so many other things that you do n't want it to counteract . |
| 21 | That you did n't want it . |
| 22 | It was therefore possible to argue that you did not want it even if you could have it . ’ |
| 23 | are we to say that we did n't want it to be Prince |
| 24 | ‘ They stated that they did not want him to exist in this fashion . ’ |
| 25 | IBM turned its first Unix system , the RT , into a child of the ghetto and told 90% of its customers that they did n't want it , it was n't for them . |
| 26 | Yes erm , it was very obvious from the word go that they did n't want us . |
| 27 | When will the dogmatic Secretary of State for Scotland realise that the people of Scotland see NHS trusts as the thin edge of the wedge for privatisation of the health service , and that they do not want them ? |
| 28 | It 's an encouraging if surprising fact that children and young people are much less likely to smoke when parents tell them that they do n't want them to . |
| 29 | But I 'll I 'll have to find out from them , it may be that they do n't want me to send anybody else to it because I made the initial contact with them . |
| 30 | Hopkins 's attitude to the publication of his poetry had always been ambivalent , but his habit of sending copies to Bridges indicates that he did not want them lost . |