Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sure as hell was n't intended to be policeman-friendly . |
| 2 | I began to feel ashamed of my nosiness but I had n't intended to be nosey : I was just curious . |
| 3 | Normally during the day I keep it shut because that 's the place we like to keep clean , in case someone happens to come over and does n't want to be knee-deep in children . |
| 4 | They do n't want to be successful ! |
| 5 | Mr Mayor er I do n't want to be long in this debate because I 'm sure we 've probably all made up our minds exactly what we 're going to vote on because long evenings it stretches and turns |
| 6 | Erm I do n't does n't want to be black . |
| 7 | ‘ I know the problem and I do n't want to be selfish . |
| 8 | I just say that I 'm sorry go on do n't want to be dejective this evening but I mean minutes will be taken notes will be taken points have been raised I think that 's a very valuable point that you 've actually have raised . |
| 9 | Do n't want to be repetitive do you ? |
| 10 | I do n't want to be clever or great or ‘ significant ’ or given all that clumsy masculine analysis . |
| 11 | Of the rest of the pack she says : ‘ I would n't want to be definite about how many of then will be around in five years ’ time . ’ |
| 12 | But I do n't want to be virtuous . |
| 13 | I know he 's got his reputation as a good teacher to keep up , but that does n't matter to me , I 'm different , I 'm not like this soft lot down here , my folks came from the North , descended from the Vikings , and I do n't want to be liked , I do n't want to be good , I do n't want to be in the football team , or a useful member of anything , I do n't want to know . |
| 14 | It was an American who said , ‘ I do n't want to be good . |
| 15 | I do n't want to be picky about this but but I mean they are government based . |
| 16 | She did n't want to be obliged to him for another lift . |
| 17 | No one in their history had ever said to them that they did n't want to be famous , ’ says Gedge . |
| 18 | I do n't want to be complacent but since March I seem to be winning . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , I do n't want to be married , Father , thank you . ’ |
| 20 | Why could n't they just understand that she did n't want to be married and settled with umpteen kids and a mortgage up to the sky and no life to call her own ? |
| 21 | I do n't want to be married . |
| 22 | I did n't want to be offensive . |
| 23 | No , make that 40 … no , I do n't want to be greedy , 30 will have to do . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want to be awkward , ’ she said , ‘ but ai n't there no mint sauce ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Number four nurse does n't want to be bad-mannered to her host , but she does n't want to be number four casualty . ’ |
| 26 | But er , that 's a great advantage when compared with the newly appointed British Ambassador in Washington , who having just arrived in Washington , er picked up the telephone and heard a voice at the other end , say , what do you want for Christmas , it was just before Christmas , what do you want for Christmas , and he thought hastily and , did n't want to be impolite or too greedy , so he said a small box of crystallised fruit , and put the telephone down , and a few momen a few moments later he put on the radio , and the announcer said , we 've just conducted our normal review of the Ambassadors ' wishes for Christmas , er , the the Ambassadors in Washington . |
| 27 | But I do n't want to be alive when you reject me for it . ’ |
| 28 | He did n't want to be close — to her . |
| 29 | ’ Kiefer has that three-degrees off morphine thing happening for him … a bizarre energy ’ or Promised Land director Michael Hoffman , who said : ’ Kiefer would n't want to be normal . |
| 30 | I was n't nice to him , I do n't want to be nice to him , I sha n't be nice to him . |