Example sentences of "[not/n't] want [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she did not want him to go . |
| 2 | I did not want him to see me . |
| 3 | ‘ But the rest of our family insisted because we did not want him to be endangered . |
| 4 | She said she did not want him staring at her , she wanted a bit of her life to herself ; without having to share it with Randolph Ash . |
| 5 | I do NOT want him going to some — |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I do not want him to return now . |
| 8 | He is conscious that his wife would not want him to let slide everything she worked so hard to achieve . |
| 9 | ‘ They stated that they did not want him to exist in this fashion . ’ |
| 10 | But Fergie will not want him there too much . |
| 11 | I did not want him to be alone with Otto . |
| 12 | It was as if she did not want him there . |
| 13 | as if she too did not want him there , not then , not at that moment |
| 14 | So I came out immediately , as I did not want him to pull me out . |
| 15 | His wife did not want him , and was happy to divorce him . |
| 16 | She had stolen many a glance at him since yesterday to see if perhaps there was anything that might show , but it was difficult , she did not want him to feel he was under examination , and anyway today the tired look was gone . |
| 17 | There could never be any resolution of her love for David , but she did not want him to think that his feelings were unwanted or unreciprocated . |
| 18 | ‘ Maybe she does not want him to think that she is surrendering herself too easily , ’ he suggested . |
| 19 | They did not want him to make the comparison himself . |
| 20 | She did not want him now . |
| 21 | She hoped she did not sound too sarcastic , she did not want him to ring off . |
| 22 | The factory did not want him . |
| 23 | The shops did not want him . |
| 24 | She did not want him to exercise his leg until the infected burn had healed completely . |
| 25 | He said it had petered out because Eliot did not want him to go any further and did not have a plan to use the information already gathered . |
| 26 | She would accept no other visitors and yet , he sensed , she did not want him near . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | I was pleased that he could come , although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work . |
| 29 | And all she could think of , as she rose to her feet and politely accompanied him to the front door , was that , suddenly , she did not want him to leave . |
| 30 | ‘ No , I did not want him ! |