Example sentences of "[pron] want [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | me want to do a da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da |
| 2 | the departments involved are heavily loaded , and none of them want to contribute a key person for this purpose . |
| 3 | My Dad 's away on business again tomorrow and I want to spend a bit of time with him before he goes . |
| 4 | What I want to spend a few minutes on again this is something we 'll test tomorrow , right so I 'm giving you , training 's all about doing what do you think ? |
| 5 | But also I want to stop a bad thing . ’ |
| 6 | Now I want to lose a few pounds , ’ he says . |
| 7 | I 'd better not , though , not if I want to live a little longer . |
| 8 | Victoria had accused me of trying to thrust myself into the action while pretending I want to live a quiet life . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ I will go to South Africa at some stage because I want to arrange a foundation or some sort of memorial to Julie and Elizabeth . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ At home , I want to sleep a lot of the time . |
| 12 | ‘ Because I want to collect a bouquet from the florist . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to wear a really sexy off-the-shoulder dress with a tight waist , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 14 | And if I want to wear a nice pair of Clarks ' grey espadrilles so then I will wear them . |
| 15 | In this section I want to compare a Marxian approach to growth — based upon Bukharin 's equations — with that of Harrod . |
| 16 | ‘ If I want to miss a pauper 's grave I 'll have to go . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I want to issue a challenge to Michael Fallon : will he explain why he believes people in Darlington should earn less than £3.40 a hour when as a government minister he earned £1,000 a week . ’ |
| 18 | He told a Westminster press lunch : ‘ I want to see a Conservative government returned at the next general election under Margaret Thatcher 's leadership . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I want to see a health service at ease with itself — optimistic and confident about its essential work . |
| 20 | I want to see a mighty flood of justice — a torrent of doing good . ’ |
| 21 | I want to see a beach ! |
| 22 | I want to see a curricular framework which is flexible enough to permit sensible modifications and , where necessary , exemptions to be made in the interests of individual children with special needs . |
| 23 | I want to see a little bit of life . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You really think I want to see a stunningly beautiful woman strung out on drugs ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I want to see a prison system where grievance and disciplinary procedures work quickly and fairly . |
| 26 | I want to reach a larger audience : I 've already made five records on indies , so maybe it 's time to move on , but some younger bands are gon na find themselves pushed into the limelight when they 're not ready . |
| 27 | You know when I want to turn a corner I 've got to stand on my toes and put my full weight on it to turn it . |
| 28 | Sometimes when I , I write a poem I want to create a particular mood erm giving the piece erm a shape , a , a definite shape or just a shadowy shape erm and the overcoat in er Bon Jour Monsieur Gaugin , I found very , very expressive and the starting point for , for this particular poem I 'll hand this round to you know , with the name of the , the front , right I do n't , has anybody , if you already know this picture , does anybody actually know it already ? , no I start with the overcoat obviously erm very expressive , not just because it was , people wear over , overcoats in cold days , but it was the size of the coat and the shape of it and , and it gave me a weight , I felt , er I felt a very definite mood erm about this picture because of the coat and it was a , er a ejective mood that I , that I felt from that , and the stick in the erm hands of the women over the bridge gave me the sound for , for this poem would you like me to read as the , the thing being passed around , would that be ok ? |
| 29 | Er so , when I want to create a directory called put off the root directory . |
| 30 | I want to create a directory called put off the root directory . |