Example sentences of "[not/n't] wish [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Even the churchmen , closely tied to the opposition , stress they do not wish to be seen as ‘ anti-Communist ’ . |
| 3 | An Anglican may not wish to be seduced into all the absurdities of church politics , still less into the hobby of church ceremonial . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Individuals have a right not to be touched if they do not wish to be touched , since the body is private . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This gathering , above all , does not wish to be disturbed or embarrassed or confused . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I do not wish to be spared … |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Older customers with special requirements do not wish to be seen as different . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If a resident does not wish to be disturbed , respect their wishes , but visit the room regularly , even if you do not speak . |
| 19 | A Farnham Lane resident who did not wish to be named said that he was strongly opposed to any footpath being opened up to traffic . |
| 20 | Are there not many moralists who would not wish to be considered religious ? |
| 21 | Among those who voted against it were some closeted gays : if there was to be a purge , they did not wish to be among the victims . |
| 22 | As I have said , if a patient does not wish to be hypnotized , then all the skill and expertise in the world will not induce that state in him . |
| 23 | Our talk was full of her locutions , such as ‘ I do not wish to be speaking of it ’ , or ‘ in all the ways that do n't go into words ‘ . |
| 24 | Mrs Howard had an interview with the Brewers [ her prospective employers ] last night , but I to not wish to be writing about that . |
| 25 | ‘ We did not wish to be speaking of it ’ , though of course I regretted our separation . |
| 26 | Another player , who did not wish to be named , said : ‘ We love the club , but Barry is the linch-pin . |
| 27 | We do not wish to be the first case of this kind to go before the Special Commissioners . |
| 28 | I do not wish to be a martyr . |
| 29 | It is essential to belong to a major exchange organization , because buyers do not wish to be tied to taking their holidays in the same area year after year . |
| 30 | If the haulier does not wish to be involved in the detailed process of debt collection he can always ‘ sell' ’ his debts at a discounted price or use a debt collection agency . |