Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Do you want to go back to that place in Brittany again ? |
2 | ‘ You do n't want to go back to Red Cottage ? ’ |
3 | I find some people on the streets are quite like , pigheaded and they do n't really want to go back for some reason really . |
4 | Mr do you want to come in at this stage ? |
5 | Until I find out more I do not want to come down on either side . ’ |
6 | Until I find out more I do not want to come down on either side . ’ |
7 | A lot of people of my age do n't want to settle down at this stage . ’ |
8 | I did n't want to wake up with blue lightning any more than you did . |
9 | Mm , like , her dad says to her why do n't you be a doctor and she , but she do n't want to , you know , she wants to be in a hospital and that , she do n't want to end up in general practice |
10 | like , she do n't want to end up in general practice . |
11 | A reader could make a number of inferences about this passage : Mary is female , more probably an adult than a child ; It is morning ; Mary does not want to get up for some reason ; Mary is in bed ; she lives in a house with a refrigerator ; the house is possibly in North America , and so on . |
12 | Well , I 'll help you , I 'll be round , I 'll be here helping but I must I want to get on with some work . |
13 | I said I did n't want to get on to this area because it 's you know , we could go on all night discussing whether this , well whether that . |
14 | ‘ I figured you 'd want to get out of those city clothes straight away , ’ he told them with a grin . |
15 | Well and we have seen one response for people now making Mill that is that his objections are not being finessed by computer technology , they do n't want to get back into that type of argument , because this is really not the most important argument against direct democracy . |
16 | The outrageous fine of £5,000 plus £1,000 costs imposed on England batsman Allan Lamb will act as the ultimate deterrent to every English professional cricketer who may want to speak out about some scandal , corruption or evil practice in their sport . |