Example sentences of "[not/n't] wish [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hard to stand her ground but she had done so , not wishing to be reclaimed by old emotions . |
| 2 | Not wishing to be a pansy , I stepped up my pace too , but I was no match for the male legs I was pursuing since both of my spindly little limbs could fit into the right leg of his breeches . |
| 3 | Governors not wishing to be accountable to local government have the choice of being accountable directly to central government by taking the school into grant-maintained status . |
| 4 | He heard of a Fleming who had made a ‘ spy-glass ’ and he rushed to experiment , not wishing to be outdone . |
| 5 | It is now fairly clear , moreover , that political considerations , of not wishing to be seen as having ‘ destroyed the value of the pound sterling ’ , were of major importance in the Labour government 's initial resistance to devaluation in 1967 quite apart from powerful pressures against devaluation being exerted on it by the Bank of England [ Tomlinson , 1985 ] . |
| 6 | A self-uglifying expression of humility — plus an elaborate show of stealthiness which is as good as saying ‘ Yes , I am late — and please pay attention to my performance of humbly not wishing to be paid attention to ’ , i.e. Here 's me entering as unostentatiously as I know how — so you can see how much I regret my rudeness ! ’ |
| 7 | Of course , belonging may be gone by the board , historically speaking , she advises herself , wiping her face with this American paper dinner napkin and not wishing to be personal , to use a bygone phrase . |
| 8 | Her feet hurt a good deal , and she thought , though not wishing to be ungrateful , that she might have done better without the boots . |
| 9 | Timothy stood still , not wishing to be bitten by the animals . |
| 10 | Not quite sure how to broach the subject , and not wishing to be indiscreet , she murmured awkwardly , ‘ I do n't quite know how to put this , but part of the reason for my visit was to try and trace someone who lived here a long time ago , only I do n't quite like to ask around , because the person I 'm looking for might not like it — might not want everyone to know her business . ’ |
| 11 | She offered the apple to Adam — he took it not wishing to be rude |
| 12 | away and then all of a sudden he gets his , calculator out and it 's I said excuse me Eric I said not wishing to be appear thick , I said but , what you doing ? |
| 13 | Most of the old prisoners were there because they personally had no wish to escape , and although their reasons for not wishing to were usually quite sensible and not always selfish it was difficult for a new prisoner to grasp them . |
| 14 | You say hello to her , you assume she has been reading your mail or listening in to your private telephone calls ( actually I never did either ) , and you tell her when you do not wish to be disturbed . |
| 15 | Even the churchmen , closely tied to the opposition , stress they do not wish to be seen as ‘ anti-Communist ’ . |
| 16 | An Anglican may not wish to be seduced into all the absurdities of church politics , still less into the hobby of church ceremonial . |
| 17 | ‘ I do not wish to be hard upon poor people in great affliction ; but I can not help thinking that they have been doing for hundreds of years past something very like what the Bible calls ‘ tempting God' ’ — staking their property and their lives upon the chances or no earthquakes coming , while they ought to have known that an earthquake might come an day . ’ |
| 18 | Individuals have a right not to be touched if they do not wish to be touched , since the body is private . |
| 19 | The cases decide that this exception extends to touching a person in order to attract attention , although there can be no exception when the person touched has made it clear that he or she does not wish to be touched again . |
| 20 | I do not wish to be like those dumpy , chisel-faced women with shopping baskets who tut-tut scandals to each other between the stacked shelves of dog-food , striped toothpaste , coloured toilet-rolls and instant mashed potato in the supermarket opposite the triangle of Shepherd 's Bush Green . |
| 21 | This gathering , above all , does not wish to be disturbed or embarrassed or confused . |
| 22 | This is a procedure like Swift 's , except that Leapor is staking her claim to real dignity ; she asserts that she does not wish to be valued for beauty , but for her wit and , as we glean from other poems , her morals . |
| 23 | ‘ I do not wish to be spared … |
| 24 | If it were more forcefully to challenge the ageism that underlies the social structure , would it be in danger of provoking a backlash from those of its supporters who do not wish to be reminded that all is not well , despite their charity ? |
| 25 | Older customers with special requirements do not wish to be seen as different . |
| 26 | On many occasions I have heard environmentalists say that they do not wish to be ‘ tarred by the same brush ’ which has so comprehensively covered some extremists in the Animal Rights Movement and which has brought that movement into disrepute . |
| 27 | No one can be healed if at one level ( often on an unconscious level ) they do not wish to be healed , or if they can not trust , or let go of any fears that may be blocking the flow of healing energies . |
| 28 | On the other hand , you will probably not wish to be subject to a correspondingly onerous commitment if you are the one who is keen to go . |
| 29 | Rape victims , for example , may fear the consequences of reporting the act , and may not wish to be cross-examined by the police or in court and be exposed to possible innuendoes and suggestions that they ‘ encouraged ’ their assailant . |
| 30 | Again , thought must be given to which local firms or businesses are acceptable and which companies governors would not wish to be associated with in the interests of pupils and the good image of the school . |