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Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't want to be " in BNC.

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1	THIS fractured and desolate album is often unbearably intense , and you sincerely would n't want to be in its author 's shoes .
2	I just thought you would n't want to be woken up again . ’
3	But then I do n't like blood so I would n't want to be either a cook or a surgeon .
4	That 's why I would n't want to be a model .
5	He happily helps the farmer but also has some sympathy with the cuddly pet view , if only to the extent that he would n't want to be responsible for wiping rabbits out — as if he could !
6	If it 's like promoting the idea of killing cops as being a good thing , if this band wanted to do a song like that I would n't want to be in the band . ’
7	‘ I would n't want to be anywhere else , ’ she said .
8	You 'd think they would n't want to be seen in public ; but no , there they are , living it up , and my own daughter aiding and abetting them as if she were doing some thing clever .
9	I would n't want to be a defender and see him coming on with 20 minutes left after being run ragged by Ian Rush , ’ he said .
10	They sat astonished as Sir Claus Moser , head of the National Commission on Education , told them : ‘ The majority of our children are in schools which you would n't want to be associated with .
11	And so I would n't want to be er asked to interpret any one line of this in particular , or to put any particular nuance on it because then you would say aha but that 's not what we believe .
12	I would n't want to be either of those women .
13	‘ Nay , ’ said Fred , ‘ I like it where I am , it suits me where I am , I would n't want to be moving at my age .
14	‘ Have n't you ever thought , ’ asked Biddy , not looking at me , ‘ that he would n't want to meet important people , he would n't want to be taken away from this job that he does well , and the village where he 's loved ? ’
15	‘ It 's a bit scary that he 's such a big star — I would n't want to be because you get so isolated from everybody , without much contact with normal people , ’ she says .
16	‘ I 've never worked with either my sister or my dad — I would n't want to be like certain families in this business , ’ she says , just a touch scornfully .
17	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 . ’
18	Erm but again you see you could , you would , you would n't want to be a person who was only aware of all the good things and the bright things and the light things and the enjoyable things and were never aware of the others .
19	He would n't want to be disturbed and all he had to do to get out was draw the bloody bolt . ’
20	It was quite likely that , after Wednesday night , Tanner would n't want to be alone with Maxim .
21	You like the noise and the bustle of the city , you would n't want to be stuck out here , with nothing but trees and flowers to look at , and no one to talk to but the birds or a passing rabbit ! ’
22	I would n't want to be the one responsible for proclaiming him a cuckold for the world to laugh at . ’
23	‘ I would n't want to be responsible for their collapse . ’
24	‘ I would n't want to be attractive to someone like you , ’ Jenna blurted out , driven to defending herself .
25	Oh no — I would n't want to be responsible for landing someone else in this mess . ’
26	’ 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 .
27	Er , because clearly there are some points you would n't want to be too specific about .
28	But he would n't want to be expected to do anything while he spoke .
29	I would n't want to be accused of frightening the patients away . ’
30	Lee Doherty summed it up afterwards when he said : ‘ We 'll settle for the 3–1 win , but you would n't want to be watching that kind of football every week .