Example sentences of "want [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not want to miss a word . |
| 2 | I do n't want to miss a second of it . |
| 3 | I did n't want to miss a trick . |
| 4 | Andy 's form is exceptional and he has waited such a long time to make the jersey his own that he will not want to miss a game . ’ |
| 5 | But why anyone would want to carry a bike up a mountain on their shoulder for the pleasure of being able to bump about on it for tiny , short stretches of flat ridge was completely beyond me . |
| 6 | She had saved up for such a long time and did n't want to carry a load of coins around . |
| 7 | This removes some of the flexibility ( you need a mains socket ) , the portability ( the LAN adaptor itself may fit into your pocket , but you would n't want to carry a mains adaptor too ) , and the tidiness ( the power lead means yet another bit of wire at the back of your PC ) . |
| 8 | You can see why he did n't want to acknowledge a family connection with someone who was convicted of murder . |
| 9 | You may be using some particular part in the spreadsheet that you consider to be unusual , er you may want to include a page reference , so that er , you can understand it again |
| 10 | Even the smallest plot will have sufficient room for a small table and chairs , You may also want to include a barbecue . |
| 11 | When people employ a builder to repair their house , they will probably want to agree a price beforehand . |
| 12 | One possibility was that Dr Brunt might want to conduct a ‘ swallow test ’ — a test of her swallowing function — by X-ray . |
| 13 | ‘ I am ambitious , and without any disrespect to the Vauxhall Conference , I do n't want to remain a non-League manager for ever . ’ |
| 14 | This does seem a reasonable argument , and I certainly would not want to lose a therapy which could be of real value to people . |
| 15 | He did n't want to lose a regular customer . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't want to lose a moment of the time I 'm allowed to visit you , ’ I said . |
| 17 | Probably just did n't want to lose a profitable business . |
| 18 | Several prime ministers made it clear that they would want to see a radical extension of the Community powers and resources to help poorer regions and social groups as they moved to monetary union . |
| 19 | Mr Field has agreed not to make any statement about his next course of action before his 11.30am meeting with Mr Kinnock , but he said that his supporters in Birkenhead had told him they did not want to see a fudge . |
| 20 | ‘ And we did n't want to see a team of scriptwriters messing around with our characters . |
| 21 | First , they must want to see a larger number of small farms ( at present they do n't ) and this means discouraging land management by large institutions . |
| 22 | It 's very difficult indeed to pin people down , quite rightly so , I mean , you do n't immediately want to see a scapegoat or something like that . |
| 23 | People do not want to see a black face under a bearskin . |
| 24 | In fact , his comments seemingly invite the charge , for he describes the lack of black guardsmen in terms of feelings rather than in terms of the discourse of external factuality : ‘ People do not want to see a black face under a bearskin . ’ |
| 25 | It should be noted that he remarks that ‘ people ’ do not want to see a black face , not that he personally objects to such a sight . |
| 26 | However , although the Labour Party may want to see a stronger House of Commons , there is no wish to revive parliamentary government . |
| 27 | John did not want to see a doctor , but they overrode him this morning and had the quack in . |
| 28 | We do not want to see a massive amount of custodial sentencing , although we are glad that provision is made for it ; what we do want is a reduction in the number of people who participate in such a horrendous cult and in the equally horrendous statistics relating to youngsters who take cars , go to court and then take more cars . |
| 29 | People just did n't want to see a sports film . ’ |
| 30 | Society chairman Malcolm Smith said his members would now want to see a written reply from the Department of Health confirming the proposed arrangements would not be introduced . |