Example sentences of "[noun] want [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Sally-Anne was too busy eating to want to spar with him further .
2 Almost any spirited teenager who lived in Detroit wanted to move to its bigger busier neighbour Now a lot of people would beg to differ that Chicago is more exciting ; Saunderson would most probably be one of them .
3 However , the developer wanted to stick by his original scheme and Coun.
4 Even though she knew she was playing with fire , knew exactly how vulnerable she was , Shannon wanted to laugh in his arrogant face .
5 Katharine wants to hear from businesses , Phil wants to hear from anyone interested in joining the volunteer Greenfingers team .
6 After all , it is flattering to a hard-working policeman to think that someone as glamorous , or glamorous-seeming , as an author wants to know about his dull daily life .
7 Er I was at Portugal , we had fancied going to America but er my husband 's young brother and his wife want to come with us this year and they 've got two young kids so they felt it was far enough for them .
8 He did not for a while want to look at his own face .
9 ‘ Why should Craig want to steal from his own company and what 's more share the proceeds with an accountant ? ’
10 Its owner wants to concentrate on his other , unrelated major business retail interests in Cleveland .
11 People want to read about something different and with Mainz central to the rest of Europe this is both an important and controversial plant site .
12 Well , Bryony wants to sit in her own chair today , so you sit on your own chair .
13 Nijman Zeetank 's UK director Clive Riggall said the company wanted to move from its former Lincoln base to the North west as one of its major customers was Pilkington Glass , based in St Helens .
14 Sgt John Marshall of the mounted section wants to hear from anyone interested in selling a horse which must be a minimum of 16 hands .
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