Example sentences of "want [to-vb] you [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 2 | 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 " . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to thank you for the roses , ’ she said . |
| 4 | As a novice in the game , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And Joe and Biddy , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you 've done for me . |
| 6 | LABOUR & LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WANT TO KEEP YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT : |
| 7 | I want to kiss you like a butterfly on mescaline , all over in a flurry of delirium , I want to bite you to the bones , to be so close to you there materialises a planet called us . |
| 8 | I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase . |
| 9 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 10 | And I want to remind you of the history of when amalgamations take place , because a number of people have touched on that very point this morning . |