Example sentences of "not want have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bismarck was alarmed ; he did not want to have to choose between his allies in a Balkan quarrel . |
| 2 | At the same time she was certain that Maggie did not want to have to cope with that . |
| 3 | She did not want to have to think about problems , whatever they might be . |
| 4 | He left the toffees on the table , not wanting to have to wait through five minutes of loud chewing between replies . |
| 5 | Julia , not wanting to have to think of Anthony any longer , got out of her chair and prowled about the big dark kitchen . |
| 6 | I do n't want to have to go through those hellish noises for a third time . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't want to have to go through all this again . |
| 8 | I do n't want to have to go into the city every week for it . |
| 9 | And I do n't want to have to lie to them . |
| 10 | When they say to you ‘ oh well , you know , surely you do n't mind a little bit of flirtation and so on ’ I think very often that 's an entirely mendacious reply , that they know perfectly well what you 're talking about when you talk about sexual harassment , and in the context of discussions in the SCR or over dinner , they simply do n't want to have to deal with it and so they will dismiss it by way of saying ‘ well , you know , I 'm only being chivalrous , or this is the way I was brought up ’ . |
| 11 | But it was to Kirk Douglas 's detriment that he was considered by the director to be a temperamental actor whom he did n't want to have to cope with on the set . |
| 12 | He 's going to need all his concentration to win , and I do n't want to have to cope with any more off-track dramas … ’ |
| 13 | I did n't want to have to hang about waiting for the attendant to open lockers . |
| 14 | And I did n't want to have to turn to her and say , " Is it all right if I let so-and-so take my son out ? " |
| 15 | But at a different point in our conversation , they seem to have forgotten about it , and instead painted a bleak picture of lonely Londoners : ‘ We do n't have a circle of friends or acquaintances … we do n't want to have to relate to friends . ’ |
| 16 | I did n't want to have to think about them . |
| 17 | You do n't want to have to think of anything during your two weeks of bliss and , where possible , sartorial rules should be forgotten — up to a point . |
| 18 | She did n't want to have to think of the consequences of it . |
| 19 | They did n't want to have to break in a newcomer . |
| 20 | But you do n't want to have to look at a woman too much — it 's too romantic . ’ |