Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You want to see her in the morning when she bloody get up . |
| 2 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 3 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 4 | Most of us want to see ourselves on the screen — although it may turn out to be an unpleasant experience ! — but we 're not usually terribly interested in watching the performance of others . |
| 5 | If you want to hit me across the airport , I 'll understand , OK , but I 'm staying with Alejandro . |
| 6 | Want to nail him to the fence you should think he 's not |
| 7 | ‘ I want to thank you for the roses , ’ she said . |
| 8 | As a novice in the game , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And Joe and Biddy , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you 've done for me . |
| 10 | She says we do n't want to destroy children 's innocence on the other hand we want to alert them to the dangers . |
| 11 | They 're ideal if you just want to lose it for a couple of hours , but try not to get hooked . |
| 12 | and that if we want to borrow it in a couple weeks time |
| 13 | When I want to find myself in the dream of the New Look , I have to reconstruct the picture , look down at my sandals and the hem of my dress , for in the dream itself I am only an eye , watching . |
| 14 | He 's missing but I want to find him without the law knowing I 'm interested . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm back with another Fox Report on Monday , but if you want to know everything about the sport and leisure that 's happening in the area , do make sure you listen to Fox leisure with Steve Priestley and Phil Angell tomorrow at two , and Steve Priestly is here , in person , after the news at seven with the Red Fox . |
| 16 | We want to know everything about the Dove Trust and its officers . |
| 17 | They are lovely to visit — especially when you want to feast yourself on a Dorset cream tea — but it is the rolling countryside and stunning coastline which attract the many lovers of the outdoors . |
| 18 | I mean if you put your hand up to the sun you can feel it , you detect it , your eyes detect it , well you have detectors which detect them and , for example , if I want to detect something like an electron well then I can make a counter which is sensitive to charged particles like electrons , and I can allow these electrons to hit this counter and it will produce erm an identifiable electrical pulse and I can look at that and I can say this is an electron , or I can look at other particles , say , for things like helium nuclei which are called alpha particles , and I can make counters which will detect these and I can put a little piece of paper in front and I can stop off the alpha particles . |
| 19 | But it comes down to how openly you want to express yourself as a Muslim . |
| 20 | Left : If you want to replace a dishwasher that 's over 10 years ' old , or want to fit one into a kitchen with imperial size 500 mm wide base units , you 'll need a machine that measures 50 cm rather than the usual 60 cm wide . |
| 21 | TOURING America with your home at your back is a popular option for familes and travellers on a budget who want to free themselves from the hassle of searching for somewhere to get their heads down each night . |
| 22 | If we want to buy anything at the moment we have to borrow the money . |
| 23 | the best thing you want to stick it in the room and put a heater . |
| 24 | But for UK and Irish holidaymakers who want to combine it with a Florida vacation , it is also an attractive deal . |
| 25 | When people are buying , another example of their purchasing power would be to say ‘ well , now I want this particular policy and I want to combine it with a power that 's available to me in that policy ’ . |
| 26 | So we will need a tolerant and patient horse if we want to use it as a school horse , or a plough horse , or even a dressage horse . |
| 27 | Erm on the understanding that for any Green Party members that want to use it over the conference . |
| 28 | ‘ And I want to use it in the plot for my new novel , ’ Melissa continued . |
| 29 | And now they 've changed their mind and want to put me in a caravan . |
| 30 | ‘ I want to put myself on the map and this Test is a good chance to start doing it . ’ |