Example sentences of "but i do n't want " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel . |
| 2 | Well yes , I suppose I could give it a try but I do n't want to promise anything . |
| 3 | I think for a bit about going to ask him how I get home but I do n't want to ask him in case he tells Mr Jackson . |
| 4 | I du n no what I want to do , but I do n't want to go out there . |
| 5 | I 'd quite like a rest now , and I would if there was somewhere to lie down , but I do n't want to get dirty . |
| 6 | ‘ But I do n't want to overstretch myself . ’ |
| 7 | But I do n't want to sing about football results or importune people to dance . |
| 8 | One of the best tracks on Viva Hate ! is ‘ Little Man , What Now ? ’ , an eerie , enchanted , rather chilling song , in which Morrissey ponders the fate of a young TV actor ( ‘ a real person — but I do n't want to name names ’ ) he remembers from ‘ Friday nights 1969 ’ , briefly elevated to the level of minor celebrity before being abruptly dispatched back into obscurity , never to return — except for an afternoon TV nostalgia show , where the panel ‘ could n't name you ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ But I do n't want it like this . |
| 10 | Obviously we 'll be able to use the usual relaxation exercises , but I do n't want any subconscious resentment creeping in . ’ |
| 11 | In an amiable parody of an interview he once heard being given by Sir Adrian Boult , Gould spelt out the attitude to recording of that older generation : roughly , ‘ I do n't mind doing the occasional recording , old boy — not everyone gets to concerts — and we 'll do our best , but I do n't want any ‘ patching ’ , we must keep the long line intact ’ . |
| 12 | There are pressures building up for me to do all sorts of things but I do n't want to accept them , ’ she says confidently , her blue eyes filled with a new purpose . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm against apartheid too , ’ growled Surkov , ‘ but I do n't want it thrust down my throat like this . ’ |
| 14 | Mrs Heseltine has said that she and her husband talk things over endlessly : ‘ I want him to succeed , but I do n't want it for myself . |
| 15 | ‘ Finding the creature is important but I do n't want anyone to get hurt in the process . ’ |
| 16 | But I do n't want you doing a disappearing trick on me . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm Quechua , but I do n't want to work as hard as they must do . |
| 18 | ‘ Please , señor , it 's my two hundred dollars that 's been stolen but I do n't want this . |
| 19 | He said , ‘ But I do n't want any pain . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But I do n't want tae see her again . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But I do n't want to talk about the past , ’ I said . |
| 22 | But I do n't want to stay long . |
| 23 | It was , ‘ If you guys want to do it , you can do it ; whatever you decide to do I 'll be behind you , but I do n't want to push you either way because you 're individuals . ’ |
| 24 | I am no expert on pickups but I do n't want to get a replacement if I can fix the existing one . |
| 25 | But I do n't want any other civil servants turning up . |
| 26 | This would involve claiming that whenever one rejects practical advice by repudiating the presumed end , in the words ‘ But I do n't want that ! ’ , one is declaring ‘ I do n't recognize any imperative to do that ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ I want a team of aggressive players but I do n't want violent men in my team ’ , was the advice he gave to Gimbert and Moscato , who made their Five Nations debuts against Wales in Cardiff , while Simon was made captain of the students side . |
| 28 | I should weigh at least 8½ stone , but I do n't want to put on an extra pound . |
| 29 | I 've got some wonderful friends , but I do n't want to get too close to anybody in case they stop me eating . |
| 30 | ‘ It is good fun and it was a job worth doing but I do n't want to die in the saddle . |