Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] want [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do NOT want him going to some — |
| 2 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 3 | I do not want him to return now . |
| 4 | Death would be too kind an end for a man who has done what he has , and I do not want him to escape into it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do not want her ; I have never wanted her . |
| 6 | I do not want them buried under mounds of paper . ’ |
| 7 | I DO not want us to be a little England , impoverished , devoid of influence , sour in isolation , languishing either on the sidelines of Europe or of history . |
| 8 | I shall certainly look at that , but this is exactly the sort of issue in which I do not want us to get involved . |
| 9 | ‘ Because I do not want us to stop being friends . |
| 10 | I am being a trifle cunning in this , as I do not want you to forget me . |
| 11 | I do not want you to call here . |
| 12 | Judge Peter Greenwood remanded Gillespie in custody for medical reports , but told him , ‘ I do not want you to think for one moment that you are not facing a custodial sentence . ’ |
| 13 | But I do not want you to marry me just because your parents wanted it . |
| 14 | ‘ I do not want you to go ! |
| 15 | Let me make it plain I do not want you or need you here . |
| 16 | ‘ I do not want you to say a word until you have drunk at least two glasses . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , it is cold and I do not want it . |
| 18 | I do not want it and I do not understand it . |
| 19 | That may be the competitive advantage that the hon. Gentleman wants for his constituents , but I do not want it for mine . |
| 20 | I do n't want her to die . |
| 21 | I do n't want her shouting names at me over the fence . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't want her to go getting any wrong ideas about what 's become of me . ’ |
| 23 | Alex threw himself on to the floor and rolled over and over shouting , ‘ I do n't want her ! |
| 24 | The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't want her under my roof . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't want her to be alone . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't want her to end up with the sort of empty life I 've got to look forward to . |
| 28 | It 's awfully generous of you to offer to have her , but I do n't want her hanging around , getting under your feet all day . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't want her made unhappy . |
| 30 | I do n't want her to get out of her depth . |