Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this last is precisely what Mr Lawson has long wanted to do and the Prime Minister absolutely forbidden . |
| 2 | A Separate staffs , households , budgets and agendas are what the princess has long wanted to make her a royal in her own right . |
| 3 | It has long wanted recognition as a great power , especially among its Asian neighbours . |
| 4 | General Atomics , based in San Diego , has floated a plan for a $1.5 billion helium-cooled reactor — a novel design it has long wanted to build . |
| 5 | Hang on a sec lovey I want just want to ask er Carol something . |
| 6 | My second point , and it refers to again er something that Barton Willmore referred to and that 's the question er an engine of growth , and it seems to me that that that such a settlement would become an en engine of growth in in the countryside , not least because of of the it would become self fulfilling , er and it would be the obvious sort of sink hole , as Mr Thomas said , for for subsequent land allocations , I think , erm this this point has been touched upon by both the representatives from Leeds City Councils and from Cleveland , Leeds City Council appear not to want it in the Leeds York corridor for just that reason , the representative from Cleveland , who unfortunately is n't here today erm does n't want it in the North of the county for for what I understand to be to be that same reason , erm and the Inspector at the Stone Basset erm enquiry in Oxfordshire , and I I do refer th to this in my evidence , he he drew a very similar conclusion about this when he said , and I quote , once destep once established the new town would generate a momentum of growth that would be difficult to contain , such growth , if allowed , could further harm the rural character of the countryside and the villages in this part of Oxfordshire , I think that conclusion can be applied to North Yorkshire , and I certainly have n't heard anything that would convince me that that such growth once it started could could be controlled , and indeed the the record of controlling growth against erm projected requirements in the structure plan to date has has not been good , witness earlier comments on the structure plan overshoot . |
| 7 | No-one has ever wanted to be sent to Coventry . |
| 8 | The public has always wanted good British films , not the million-pound ‘ epics , which so often bore them , but the good , honest , unpretentious stories in which we have shown such promise — the records of everyday life . |
| 9 | Moreover , since teachers usually travel free , there is a sneaking suspicion that many exotic trips owe their genesis less to the intrinsic fascination of the flora and fauna than to the fact that the geography master has always wanted to visit Thailand . |
| 10 | He rejoined Birmingham as No 2 to Terry Cooper but has always wanted a top job of his own . |
| 11 | Fran said : ‘ Fingers crossed , she can soon sit in class with all the other youngsters just as she has always wanted . |
| 12 | IT WAS what Diana has always wanted … official acceptance by the Palace that her marriage is not a good one . |
| 13 | ‘ Your mother has always wanted you to do what you want but she will insist that you can only stay here if you have a job . |
| 14 | The Swedish star has always wanted to play in this country and is desperate to stay . |
| 15 | ( Every man has always wanted to marry his mother , before and since Oedipus . ) |
| 16 | The King of Blefuscu has always wanted to defeat Lilliput in war , and now we hear that he 's prepared a large number of ships , which will attack us very soon . |
| 17 | A butterfly he has always wanted to catch . |
| 18 | Keith has always wanted to be an athlete . |
| 19 | ‘ And Rohan has always wanted La Tour Monchauzet . |
| 20 | Noreen has always wanted to drive a big American truck . |
| 21 | But America has always wanted Israel to give up some of the occupied territory , and has grown keener since the start of a desperate revolt by the occupied people . |
| 22 | Her great painful and ecstatic climaxes make us at last to know something the man has always wanted to know … |
| 23 | Justin says he was signed up while in a local resturant the other day and has never run a marathon before but has always wanted to … |
| 24 | A one time marine and lifelong sailor Bob Shepton has always wanted to sail around the world … for three years he 's been planning and preparing for this voyage … |
| 25 | Green-fingered Jim , who has always wanted a garden of his own , is delighted about the move . |
| 26 | Green-fingered Jim , who has always wanted a garden of his own , is delighted . |
| 27 | Although having trained as a general physiotherapist he has always wanted to specialise in sports injuries . |
| 28 | Bel always wanted to go to Mars . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We have been successful because our manager has really wanted to explore with us and work together . ’ |
| 30 | Laz here wants the Presley hoard . |