Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv] want [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh nineteen sixties we , we introduced that with the blessing of the ambulance people as well , it was n't done without careful consideration , because erm we did n't want people to , to just erm introduce it without knowing what we were doing and ever since we used it it 's been a great blessing . |
| 2 | I mean , of course there were things that were missed out I suppose , but also , I suppose , we were quite young , so it may have quite embarrassing and we did n't want talk about certain things . |
| 3 | We do n't want privatisation to be postponed . |
| 4 | In strong winds we do n't want beginners to be overpowered and so we reduce the sail area , that 's known as reefing . |
| 5 | You know like I say there is quite a lot of trust and erm I think Yona and me are sort of aware er we 're very much united in the feeling that we do n't we do n't want things to erm you know we want everybody to be involved and obviously different people have different things to offer . |
| 6 | We do n't want trouble with the law , do we ? |
| 7 | We do n't want Kinnock under any circumstances . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We do n't want people to be abused or intimidated but just to be made aware of the fact that if they are wearing a fur coat the public have got a right to say something . ’ |
| 9 | I think yes there may well be an apathy and one should challenge that , but we do n't want people to be unwise with their love and compassion . |
| 10 | We do n't want you getting on the council housing list , clogging it up because you 've got a job and a bit of money , we want council houses to create ghettos , we do n't want people in an in employment , people with money to have council houses . |
| 11 | We do n't want soup on your sleeves . |
| 12 | Otto Reinhold , an East German ideologue , reinforced this gloomy view by insisting : ‘ We do not want reform for reform 's sake , but changes which will help the further development of socialism ’ . |
| 13 | Since the base category will be used in every comparison , it is desirable that there should be a substantial number of cases in it ; we do not want comparisons to be made with an unreliable figure . |