Example sentences of "you [vb base] not [vb infin] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do n't want to be spared ? ’ |
| 2 | When legering from a punt you do n't want to be messing about with indicators that require two hands to set . |
| 3 | That beautiful , lazy parabola into somewhere you do n't want to be . |
| 4 | After all , you do n't want to be rooted to the spot in front of a microphone — you want to perform ! |
| 5 | You do n't want to be sick . |
| 6 | One might avoid the objection , following R. M. Hare , by interpreting ‘ You do n't want to be sick ’ as itself prescriptive , a logical imperative equivalent to ‘ Do n't get sick ’ disguised by the grammatically indicative form . |
| 7 | If he succumbs to temptation after all and suffers the consequences , it would be to the point to say ‘ You should have known better ’ or ‘ You ought to have had more sense ’ , reproaches which derive their authority from ‘ Face facts ’ ; but it would be irrelevant ( and exasperating ) to say ‘ You should n't have made yourself ill like that ’ , on the authority of the ‘ You do n't want to be sick ’ of the practical syllogism interpreted as ‘ Do n't get sick ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ You do n't want to be in a position where that need arises , but the way we played was totally unacceptable — particularly in the first half at Sheffield . |
| 9 | If you do n't want to be greeted by a pile of dirty washing on your return from holiday , buy an Hitachi washing machine before you go . |
| 10 | You do n't want to be talking with this scum . ’ |
| 11 | It 's er you do n't want to be seen to be erm |
| 12 | ‘ You do n't want to be healed because it means you do n't have to justify running away . ’ |
| 13 | You do n't want to be seen with me . " |
| 14 | It 's easy but sneaky ; you ferry a dump of fuel , shielding , a nuke and a missile , load up on fuel and a nuke , fly out and up eight clicks , drop the nuke at the foot of the mountains , power-dive back down to base , load the shielding , fuel to the max with just one missile aboard ( meanwhile the nuke explodes , shaking the ground ; you do n't want to be fuelling at this point ) , then you climb like fuck , get to ceiling and then hover in the air above the rising mushroom cloud ! |
| 15 | But I had nobody , and now I suddenly have three relations in my world , or two , if you do n't want to be counted . ’ |
| 16 | That happens to so many people , I think -alright , do n't be happy about the situation if you do n't want to be , but do n't kick your daughter out on the street . |
| 17 | You do n't want to be in any hurry . |
| 18 | Are you sure you do n't want to be alone with your husband ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But the thing is if you 're walking up er the driveway of a house , you do n't want to be caught and you do n't want to be seen and you , you think you 're under cover of darkness and then the big halogen floodlight comes on , puts you in a spotlight next door . |
| 21 | But the thing is if you 're walking up er the driveway of a house , you do n't want to be caught and you do n't want to be seen and you , you think you 're under cover of darkness and then the big halogen floodlight comes on , puts you in a spotlight next door . |
| 22 | You do n't want to be thinking about someone else at a time like this . |
| 23 | ‘ Or maybe you do n't want to be seen with me … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't want to be sitting by Long Island Sound with the sun shining down on the water and the sky streaked with apricot when you hear the news that your Dad has died . |
| 25 | ‘ But you do n't want to be uncomfortable on stage . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You do n't want to be late , do you ? |
| 27 | Again , if you 're going to be using notes , you do n't want to be talking down to a table , so think about whether you 're s you 're going to , in your practising , are you going to let your eyes flick down to your notes that 're on the paper , on the table , or are you gon na pick them up ? |
| 28 | But you do n't want to be a nuisance ? |
| 29 | Yeah the T V could do with a few big ones , alright okay body stopper , they want you to have a T V on and be tempted , depends on what , how it went , to ask them to turn it off but if you ca n't that would upon them then you 'll have to work with it because what you do n't want to be seeing is okay they are there , you 're here and they 're concentrating on this . |
| 30 | No well you said you do n't want to be involved in the meetings anyway |