Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] want [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | about it , because you see I do n't want anyone breaking my door down and bashing in , you do n't know who 's who these days , do you and er but you see they , that 's how . |
| 2 | ‘ There is no fight , no feud and I do not want one , either , ’ he remarked . |
| 3 | I do NOT want him going to some — |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I do not want him to return now . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | ( If my private test convinces me that I do not want what you think I want , I assume error in your reading of me the public tests , which I must expose or leave you unanswered . ) |
| 8 | ‘ I do not want her ; I have never wanted her . |
| 9 | I do not want them buried under mounds of paper . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I shall certainly look at that , but this is exactly the sort of issue in which I do not want us to get involved . |
| 12 | ‘ Because I do not want us to stop being friends . |
| 13 | I do not want my new friends to know I am connected to a boring man like you . |
| 14 | I do not want my use of pronouns to slip by unnoticed : I want readers to think about it , and to act on their conclusions . |
| 15 | ‘ I do not want my life discussed over there . ’ |
| 16 | I do not want my family harmed or my gallery burned down , so I shall not say who they are . |
| 17 | It would be unfair to pretend that , but I do not want my hon. Friend to be carried away by the importance of it . |
| 18 | I do not want my grandchildren to do what their grandfather did , or even marginally what I had to do . |
| 19 | Tyminski announced on Oct. 4 that he would be returning to Canada , because " I do not want my presence here to create the appearance of honesty in these elections " . |
| 20 | ‘ I do not want your stinking name , ’ Gina said . |
| 21 | I do not want your emblems of slavery . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do not want your middle names , you blister ! ’ the Gorgon bellowed . |
| 23 | I do not want your heart broken , which I fear it might be if you saw him unhappy . ’ |
| 24 | I do not want your explanations . |
| 25 | I am being a trifle cunning in this , as I do not want you to forget me . |
| 26 | I do not want you to call here . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | But I do not want you to marry me just because your parents wanted it . |
| 29 | ‘ I do not want you to go ! |
| 30 | Let me make it plain I do not want you or need you here . |