Example sentences of "she do not wish " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Feathers was to split when Hermione Farthingale decided she did not wish to continue with the group . |
| 2 | D proceeded to scratch the police — officer 's arm , having previously made it clear — in colourful language — that she did not wish to talk to the police — officer . |
| 3 | She did not wish to remain outside of her usual , blameworthy self for longer than was necessary . |
| 4 | She did not wish to lose his approbation ; the Colonel and his wife were valuable , long-standing guests . |
| 5 | But they were n't on an island ; he had other relationships and she did not wish to complicate her life with his inadequacies and hang-ups . |
| 6 | She did not wish to display any gesture that could be interpreted as precious or affected . |
| 7 | Had she merely stated that she did not wish to have a baby , she would have been considered failing in what she saw as her role in life . |
| 8 | ‘ She did not wish to press charges because of the prominent position she and her husband hold in London society . ’ |
| 9 | Also , she did not wish to leave Philip Stacey , so the idea came to nothing . |
| 10 | She did not ask him his name , for she did not wish to know it . |
| 11 | Ward J. took evidence on the telephone from Dr. F. , who had spoken to Miss T. in the maternity unit after she had stated for the second time that she did not wish to have a blood transfusion and before she had signed the refusal form . |
| 12 | It may well have been so intended , as it was in the Canadian case of Malette v. Shulman ( 1990 ) 67 D.L.R. ( 4th ) 321 where the Jehovah 's Witness carried a card stating in unequivocal terms that she did not wish blood to be administered to her in any circumstances . |
| 13 | Frank , she did not wish to remember . |
| 14 | She found she was talking in as low a voice as Finn , feeling there was something which she did not wish to disturb . |
| 15 | She had walked only about two miles when she saw , coming towards her , the one man who she did not wish to see . |
| 16 | She lied to Dr Wyn , saying that she had wrenched her shoulder , since although there was nothing inherently shameful about noises in the head she did not wish to confide in him . |
| 17 | She had so far relented towards Betty that she did not wish to see her disappointed . |
| 18 | Lydia spoke carefully because she did not wish to give the impression that she was attempting to divert Betty from Beuno for nefarious reasons of her own . |
| 19 | She had refused scans as she did not wish to choose a termination . |
| 20 | She had thoughts she did not wish her father to look at . |
| 21 | Emma had told her several times she did not wish to be repaid . |
| 22 | She did not wish to have any connection with it now . |
| 23 | He was quite prepared to crush her in his desire to force her into seeing what she did not wish to see . |
| 24 | But she did not wish to lose her place , hard though her life as a servant was ; such an outcome would be a failure which she could not endure . |
| 25 | Dr Neil 's face was nearly as grey as his patient 's , and she did not wish to distract him , but to help him , rather . |
| 26 | Dulled since meeting Terry Rourke , it had inconveniently come to life again , and was telling her things about life — and Havvie — which she did not wish to know . |
| 27 | Exploring that path would take her to the edge of a precipice over which she did not wish to step . |
| 28 | ‘ She did not wish me to know her family . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |