Example sentences of "that i [verb] [adv] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to say anything but I just do n't know what to say , ’ John Ryan , the Welsh coach , sighed . |
| 2 | Also , I am a bit older than the rest of you , but you can perhaps understand that I do n't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation . |
| 3 | The taxi driver speaks no English and I spend a fraught moment or two wondering whether he has understood that I do n't want to go to Keflavik , but after the shorter tour of Reykjavik we arrive . |
| 4 | It 's not that I do n't want your company . |
| 5 | The other three more closely fit the latter than the former model : Mrs Mitchell 's daughter wanted her mother admitted permanently to the local psychiatric hospital ( knowing that she would not be eligible for residential care because of the severity of her condition ) ; but she also added — ‘ not that I do n't want her at home too — I love my mother — it 's just that the strain is too much for me ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ The only reason I do n't punch you , ’ I said , ‘ is that I do n't want to come down to your level . ’ |
| 7 | It 's not that I do n't want to … |
| 8 | ‘ I 've made up my mind that I do n't want to play league no mater what the money is ’ — WILLIE OFAHENGAUE ( Wallaby flanker ) . |
| 9 | ‘ But he operates in a world that I do n't want any part of . |
| 10 | I do n't really want to be seen as part of the team and it 's not because I do n't like them — they 're all nice people — it 's just that I do n't want to be The Word 's latest wanker . |
| 11 | ‘ You 've been so kind to me that I do n't want to put you to any trouble . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Remember that I do n't want Clare to know she 's included in the trust until she apologizes ! |
| 13 | Now , before I tell you anything else , I must tell you that I do n't want Fagin , or any of the other members of the gang , to be handed to the police . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It 's because he 's my friend that I do n't want to see him hurt . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to be with you , Julia . |
| 16 | is that I do n't want him so |
| 17 | So she was going to the opposite direction actually , and I insisted that I do n't want to take her that long she would have to walk back again . |
| 18 | Oh and I just hope he 's remembering that I do n't want to be the sister in there . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't want Officer Banana-Split Hassan to start harassing Fernand unnecessarily . ’ |
| 20 | No , I could get a baby-sitter , it 's just that I do n't want to go out . |
| 21 | ‘ Remember that I do n't want the police to know my secret , Dr Watson , ’ Frankland reminded me . |
| 22 | ‘ I think you should know , though , ’ she added with a perverse sense of enjoyment , ‘ that I do n't want to romp in the hay with you for the rest of my holiday here . |
| 23 | I did n't mean that I do n't want to see your house . |
| 24 | You must n't feel that I do n't want to read it , but I am a little frightened of reading it after , well , after mother and her feelings for — for her mother and for me . ’ |
| 25 | You 're stronger than I am , and I know you could make me do … ’ she lowered her lashes in embarrassment ‘ … things … that I do n't want to do . |
| 26 | ‘ How many times do I have to tell you that I do n't want to talk about him ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Ca n't you see that I do n't want to talk about it ? |
| 28 | He is clearly surprised that I do n't want all of it . |
| 29 | I 'll even withdraw my men to assure your so-called sister that I do n't want her brother 's castle . |
| 30 | But the , the fact is , that what I , my plea to you today , and and my plea to the committee yesterday is , that I do n't want this to be in the political arena , it is in the political arena , but I think we do need to er er er take it out of the political arena , for the benefit of of all the people that that put us here . |