Example sentences of "they want [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mostly about the film — and they want to talk about another book . ’ |
| 2 | So we look for situations where our learners will really have something they want to say to each other . |
| 3 | That speakers do introduce what they want to say via some form of personal reference has a noticeable effect on the structure of contributions in conversational discourse . |
| 4 | Get you some victims to be included because presumably they want to appeal for more members |
| 5 | Two people who think they are disagreeing may , in fact , be talking about different things and would n't disagree if they were talking about the same thing , but it 's important to recognise that when the university and colleges talk about what they want to do about sexual harassment , they certainly imagine that a range of different forms of response are going to be appropriate to this range of different forms of behaviour , ranging from on the one hand education , encouraging people to think they have a right to protest and answer back , to giving them access to erm people who may mediate and persuade another person who they 're not making an impact on that their behaviour is unreasonable , to the most extreme disciplinary procedures against someone who 's behaving in a way which is generally thought to be unacceptable and who 's not prepared to desist . |
| 6 | They want to share in big-match atmosphere . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Secondly , they say we must refuel the plane because they want to fly to another country . |