Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were wary and would n't stay to be photographed . |
| 2 | ‘ I wo n't stay to be laughed at ! ’ he cried , and was about to run away , when Catherine caught hold of his hand . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'm do n't want to be believing what they do write in they newspapers ma'am ’ , exclaimed the sergeant , but his visitor was not listening . |
| 4 | It 's run by a private charity and they do n't normally accept referrals from outsiders but they did n't want to be too dogmatic about that . ’ |
| 5 | She did n't look like she was there ; she knew she did n't want to be there . |
| 6 | Curled tight like an embryo that does n't want to be born , like a baby who 's had too much pain . |
| 7 | I do n't want to be scared of anything . |
| 8 | And since senators are elected for 9 years , it is natural that they should keep in close touch with the local councillors who elected them — they do n't want to be completely forgotten . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't want to be a dictator over the whole thing , to tell them what to do . |
| 10 | Do n't want to be caught out in the open when Jerry starts up . |
| 11 | One can imagine his dismay when he returned to the port and found the ship had gone — either earlier than planned or because the crew did n't want to be caught helping him . |
| 12 | By 1982 we had swept up all but a handful of awkward items whose inhabitants , for varying reasons , did n't want to be or could n't be ‘ nationalised ’ — which was very untidy and inconvenient of them . |
| 13 | They wo n't want to be the one in their class , group or gang who missed buying a ticket having known the show was sold out last time . |
| 14 | Terrible as it sounds , you did n't want to be associated with that deprivation It was a downer You wanted out There was no question of not liking blacks , it was a question of social standing . |
| 15 | I did n't want to be totally dependent on any one source of income or any one group . |
| 16 | Men who could use these things comfortably would have to be three metres tall , and when they came I really did n't want to be there . |
| 17 | ‘ But the immigration officials and security men just laughed and said she was pretending because she did n't want to be sent back . ’ |
| 18 | William Durant , who ran GM , did n't want to be involved in the war effort and ordered the Lelands not t proceed with the idea . |
| 19 | I did n't want to be dictated to . ’ |
| 20 | After a while , I told them we did n't want to be treated this way . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd previously been trained in management and I did n't want to be an audio typist . |
| 22 | ‘ You do n't want to be spared ? ’ |
| 23 | She do n't want to be on her own , even at night , so what I done was drag my mattress and sleeping bag into her room , and that 's where I 'm sleeping now — on her floor . |
| 24 | I do n't want to be sick or nothing . |
| 25 | I do n't want to be looked after by Mr Jackson . |
| 26 | I did n't want to be naughty , but I really did n't want to go to Combe Court . |
| 27 | But there is one big difference — excluding supervisors , it is manned by people who do n't want to be there . |
| 28 | I do n't want to be ‘ kept ’ by him , so if I ca n't afford to go out we just stay in and read together or just watch television . |
| 29 | Pepsi and Shirlie may not have reached George 's superstar status but they know the direction they 're moving in — ‘ We do n't want to be bubblegum one-hit-wonders . |
| 30 | Not only will it not be like its parents , it probably wo n't want to be . |