Example sentences of "they want [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want to talk about the AOL , of course . |
| 2 | They want to vote for the party which makes them better off . |
| 3 | The mixture will leave young cricket-lovers wondering whether they want to ascend to the spotlight or make do safely with their humdrum jobs . |
| 4 | Tory vice-chairman Andrew Mitchell has written to all candidates asking if they want to remain on the list and requesting a new CV . |
| 5 | The majority of potential users of desktop publishing systems have a definite idea of what they want to do with the system ; publish a newsletter , produce catalogues , spruce up company reports , etc . |
| 6 | So the time for meals should be determined by when people get up , when they go to bed and other things that they want to do during the day . ’ |
| 7 | The erm he said soon they want to do for the room in the porch there . |
| 8 | Have they got any ideas about what they want to do in the future ? |
| 9 | well no , but not on , to town , but there might be somewhere they want to go on the way |
| 10 | Yeah , well it 's just different directors have different things they want to emphasise in a play and if they want to bring something home or they think that using a certain well like say the way the people are dressed and everything will will have more of an impact , you know will |
| 11 | Yeah , well it 's just different directors have different things they want to emphasise in a play and if they want to bring something home or they think that using a certain well like say the way the people are dressed and everything will will have more of an impact , you know will |
| 12 | Many of those attending the doctor 's surgery with physical symptoms , such as headache or diarrhoea , actually have serious emotional , sexual or family problems that they want to discuss with the doctor , but find it difficult to start on such sensitive topics . |
| 13 | On BBC TV 's Crimewatch programme on Thursday night , police named the man they want to question about a robbery at the National Provincial Building Society in Bondgate as Alan Stephen Wild , 38 . |
| 14 | GAMBIAN police have named a man they want to question about the murder of a British conservation worker who was killed in a game reserve in December . |
| 15 | Some do it because they want to belong to a group where sniffing happens to be part of the group 's activities . |
| 16 | They want to get through the canal in the one day . |
| 17 | Some mares will actually stand and paw at a paddock fence because they want to get to a stallion that is a couple of paddocks away — consequently they are likely to cut a leg or rip off a shoe if the bottom wire of the fence is too close to the ground . |
| 18 | He says they want to get into the market and this is the only way and it will benefit the customer . |
| 19 | I think it is right that everyone should be given the freedom to choose whether or not they want to work in a smoking or non-smoking office and separate areas created to cater for both factions . |
| 20 | This is because many intending EFL teachers have already obtained QTS ( perhaps through a modern languages PGCE ) and are now looking for an ‘ add-on ’ EFL qualification ; others may have decided that they want to work in a context ( usually adult education in Britain or overseas ) where QTS is not necessary or appropriate . |
| 21 | Getting the couple to write down targets , stating what they want to change in the marriage and negotiating these targets , can be an effective way of improving the situation Likewise , the therapeutic techniques for overcoming sexual problems often involve a graded series of targets towards improving performance and technique one stage at a time . |
| 22 | They want to build on the land . ’ |
| 23 | Now they want to build on the site , but the local council say it should be restored as part of the countryside . |
| 24 | This course , which is the only one of its type in Northern Ireland , is designed to cater for students who wish to study accounting and other related subjects before deciding whether they want to embark on the study of professional accountancy , or who wish to acquire sufficient knowledge of accounting before taking up employment . |
| 25 | Some 300 companies have moved their headquarters from Osaka to Tokyo each year because they want to plug into the capital 's networks . |