Example sentences of "n't [adv] want to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It caters for people who do n't necessarily want to be Cher . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't much want to be a charge on charity if I can avoid it . " |
| 3 | ’ I do n't much want to be at home on my own . |
| 4 | I do n't just want to be a ‘ cleaner-up ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ People do n't always want to be serious at lunchtime . |
| 6 | We 're looking for Scientists who do n't always want to be just Scientists |
| 7 | We do n't always want to be testing ourselves all the time , do we ? |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't ever want to be away from you again , ’ Maggie confessed , winding her arms around his neck . |
| 9 | Of course he does n't really want to be alone . |
| 10 | I did n't really want to be a pretty little girl then . |
| 11 | Even after that , they still seemed to be completely bewildered , and kept repeating , ‘ But you do n't really want to be alone , do you ? ’ |
| 12 | We did put one more record together with Bob Clearmountain , ‘ Into The Fire ’ , and that 's when I said , ‘ That 's it , I do n't really want to be hands-on any more . ' ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 'm sure that 's why so many people compromise and end up in relationships which they do n't really want to be in . |
| 15 | He does n't really want to be like that — he 'd rather like to be a baseball star or a Sumo wrestler . |
| 16 | It had to be done through the American Consulate at Marseilles , sixty miles there and back , she was away most of the day ; I was glad of that too , we did n't really want to be alone with each other just then . |
| 17 | Tracy was persuaded , but as time went on , decided she did n't really want to be with him , so she left him . |
| 18 | The only thing is , I did n't really want to be a tailoress , I wanted to be a nurse , but had n't much choice , then . |
| 19 | I do n't really want to be cope with Deborah and Catherine the day Clare goes off to Isle of Wight do we ? |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't even want to be at the presentation . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't even want to be , ’ Jessamy threw back at her , just a little too fiercely . |
| 22 | He did n't even want to be with the harem . ’ |
| 23 | She does n't particularly want to be a top model . |
| 24 | I know it 's good , but I do n't particularly want to be reminded about how life felt at sixteen . |
| 25 | Aside from the fact that I 'm not normally given to physical violence , I 'm quite well known locally , and I did n't particularly want to be seen carrying a half-naked woman ashore — which is what you threatened me with . |
| 26 | Because very often on courses we find that people have been sort of nominated to go on courses , and quite honestly they do n't actually want to be there and they 're looking at their watch and as soon as they can get away that , that 's better . |