Example sentences of "you do [not/n't] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sure that ye do n't want some ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Ye do n't want tae get funny wie me , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ Ye do n't want a beer ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Ye do n't want Stevenson men , ’ Flynn told her . |
| 5 | Erm what thin would you like to do more fractions , more counting or you you think whatever it is that you 'd like to do more of or is there anything you think we do too much of and we do n't you do n't want to do as much . |
| 6 | So when you break in a house you do n't , you do n't want to be heard you do n't want to be seen . |
| 7 | She began to speak , but he said , with a shrug , ‘ I can see you do n't want to get too involved , so perhaps we 'd better forget it . ’ |
| 8 | Well do n't yo you do n't want anything cooked do you ? |
| 9 | And I understood from the hospital where Mrs Ross has been a patient that before she was admitted enquiries were made and you wrote back — supposedly in your wife 's absence — saying you had no idea where your wife was and you did not want to hear about her mother or to see her . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And when he asked you to marry him , you accepted , because you did not want to lose your new-found security . ’ |
| 11 | It was therefore possible to argue that you did not want it even if you could have it . ’ |
| 12 | They then , after a bit ( the boy had disappeared , the sewer gurgled empty ) moved to the end wall over the river : you did not want to miss , not now , that small boy , he had been carried out , floating face-up , his opened eyes to the burning sun in the tar of the hard still river . |
| 13 | ‘ Yet you did not want a child in this marriage ? ’ |
| 14 | Possibly this made you uneasy , or possibly , with the storm blowing up , you did not want to take your boat across to the mainland again , so you decided to let things alone , and not risk taking any stolen goods on board . |
| 15 | Blinds on their own can fit any atmosphere , particularly if windows are awkward , small or you did not want to lose too much light . |
| 16 | You did n't want to win their lousy prize , did you ? |
| 17 | Marina always wrapped things so you did n't want to spoil them by opening . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought you did n't want to see me . |
| 19 | ‘ You said you did n't want to sleep with me . ’ |
| 20 | Terrible as it sounds , you did n't want to be associated with that deprivation It was a downer You wanted out There was no question of not liking blacks , it was a question of social standing . |
| 21 | ‘ Would n't it buy something for the girls here or put someone through school even if you did n't want to take it for yourself ? |
| 22 | There was remarkably little to do in the hospital if you did n't want to read Agatha Christie or knit half-mile scarves . |
| 23 | ‘ They must have thought you did n't want to fight . ’ |
| 24 | His mother had never mentioned it until now but he had heard from Mr Natchet , the postman , it was a place where they taught you things you did n't want to know . |
| 25 | Perhaps you only forgot things you did n't want to be there in the first place . |
| 26 | Nutty cried out , stung by adults ' crass thinking , wanting one thing , saying another , saying you had to when you did n't want to , and you could n't when you did want , saying you were no good when you were , and good when it was something that did n't matter , like a pootling poem or something . |
| 27 | You are a ‘ soft touch ’ and take the line of least resistance ( ie ‘ tip ’ someone even though you did n't want to , buy something you do n't really want ) . |
| 28 | ‘ And presumably you did n't want to disappoint Ibn Fayoud . ’ |
| 29 | about you that 's secret … ultra-private … as if you did n't want to be known too well . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |