But I do not want to keep old Eben Ricketts down at the department hunting for a file of papers which Greenhithe has hidden in his trunk or put into the fire.
Speak quickly, Scharnhorst; speak, if you do not want me to die!
I do not want to believe it," he said, "but I am almost afraid of it.
I do not want you to tell a fib,' said Harriet; 'I only want you to say nothing.
I do not want to hear any more," he added, nervously.
I do not want to hear the complaint of invisible lips.
No," retorted the boy; "me want stop here; not want go home.
But I do not want to die without clearing up for you everything about me; that is, if, when you come back, you will still trouble yourself about the poor girl whom you loved before you went away.
He knows that you are sure to have a mistress, and he ought to be thankful that it is I, since I love you and do not want more of you than your position allows.
I will sell the rest of what I do not want, and with this alone I will make two thousand francs a year.
I will see if I can find a place the Americans do not want!
Because if she is not dead I would ask her why she did not want me to stay with her.
I do not want to be relieved from any obligation,' said he, goaded by her calm manner.
Nicholas, we do not want to reason; you misunderstand my father.
We do not want to reach the truth with one blow, we aim only to approach it.
I do not want to discuss the quantity of understanding.
At last the Soyot swung his horse round and, coming up to me, announced very positively: "I do not want to die with you and I will not go further.
I was forced to threaten them and said: "'I know that you have committed some crime, but you do not want to confess.
And I do not want a new one carried off in this summary manner.
I'll be glad to take you down, but I fancy you'll not want to go close.
I want my guests to enjoy their stay here, but I do not want that to be at the expense of the feelings of all of us, or even any one.
It is true, Cherubino, the boy, is an arrant liar, but he is a jolly fellow, and I do not want him to come to grief.
You see now, empress, that I am entirely isolated, for the ally which you offer to me will do me no good; I do not want it, and I have no other allies.
I do not want to harm you; but I could put you in prison and in chains, and what would become of your sweetheart then?
I do not want to have any dealings with him, except through my office as judge.
Popular sovereignty as now applied to the question of slavery, does allow the people of a Territory to have slavery if they want it, but does not allow them not to have it if they do not want it.
If the people want slavery they will have it, and if they do not want it you cannot force it upon them.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "not want" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
