Example sentences of "[pron] want [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I want to visit a bank for a few minutes , I park my car as near as possible as many do , to be able to rush in and out again as quickly as possible . |
| 2 | But on one pleasure note , I want to make a plug for the Making Out series . |
| 3 | Now I 've achieved the length , I want to have a perm for my wedding in two month 's time , only to find that due to the Henna , my hair wo n't take a perm . |
| 4 | I wanted to leave a bit for next time , ’ he declared . |
| 5 | I wanted to get a cardigan for school the other day and |
| 6 | No , what I meant was I meant to buy it , I wanted to buy a refill for it , but I ended up not buying the right fibre tip pen for it |
| 7 | I wanted to make a career for myself outside Salzburg . |
| 8 | do you want to set a date for another meeting just now or do you want to get in touch later George ? |
| 9 | It 's not just a question of deciding what you want to use a camera for ; you also need to think about the quality you want . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you know anybody who wants to train a boy for work , Mr Sowerberry ? ’ |
| 11 | If you wanted to make a banner for instance you would highlight banner on the main menu , then choose ‘ font ’ , and choose one of the nine fancy fonts provided . |
| 12 | It was the idea of her only grandson who wanted to create a focus for her many devotees . |
| 13 | Those naturalists who wanted to preserve a role for the supernatural in the creation of life were forced to try out a number of alternatives in an attempt to provide an explanatory framework that would serve as an alternative to evolutionism . |
| 14 | The thing that made Aldus 's product take off was undoubtedly the special relationship between Apple ( who heavily promoted it as a way to sell their LaserWriter page printer ) , Adobe ( who wanted to make a market for PostScript ) and Aldus themselves — the so-called Triple-A Alliance . |
| 15 | Each dealer dealt with the farmer who wanted to make a bid for some of his cattle . |
| 16 | . Er well , unless they want to do a go for a piece of this I mean , as well anybody , if not better than anybody now . |
| 17 | But I 'll give you the number — ’ I gave it — ‘ and if he wants to leave a message for me , Mrs McDougall will take it . ’ |
| 18 | The secretary of the local tennis club telephones to say that he wants to make a booking for their annual dinner and dance . |
| 19 | India did not want the textbooks that it was exporting to Southeast Asia and Africa to be pirated , and it wanted to ensure a market for its own emerging computer and pharmaceutical industries . |