Example sentences of "want [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 2 | This change in the law was forced on the government by the European Court of Justice which decided in favour of a woman who did not want to retire at 60 . |
| 3 | Then he looked up and said , ‘ Celia , you do n't want to remain at Brentwoods for ever , do you , to have our child turn to some third party for its emotional and creature comforts , to get the odd pat on the head from a parent at six o'clock of an evening ? |
| 4 | ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’ |
| 5 | He wanted her to go , and she felt afraid as she realised that she did not want to go at all . |
| 6 | I can see his point in a way ; he likes a full social life … and he does n't want to sit at home with a wife who is depressed and can only talk about babies . ’ |
| 7 | No matter where you finally wind up in the advertising business , you will want to work at some stage in an agency to gain real insight into advertising and acquire first-rate skills ( and , hopefully , reputation ) that puts wheels under your career . |
| 8 | It is understood , in any case , that Keegan would not want to work at St James 's Park with Sir John holding control in the boardroom . |
| 9 | He was so thin he looked like even the birds would n't want to peck at him . |
| 10 | You 'd want to know at once . ’ |
| 11 | Mine do n't want to come at all , my dad said good god that sounds like a waste of time . |
| 12 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 13 | Suddenly , there facing you , is the person you least want to see at that moment . |
| 14 | To see something really special today though requires a discerning nature and to an extent it depends upon which technique you want to see at its best . |
| 15 | ‘ If they want to go at a certain pace and not become a Top Five singles band you have to respect them for it . |
| 16 | Particularly when we 're trying to get juveniles into the club I mean they want to go at ten possibly you owe them not starting till |
| 17 | and they keep their reading books from the li their library going at the pace they want to go at |
| 18 | For him this convenience has been largely a negative factor for he thought of America as offering no other comparable diversion ; there were ‘ no beer gardens — no public concerts ’ and the question he asked was ‘ Who wants to sit at home and play bridge every night ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We are fearful that older people who want to remain at home may not have the choice because the cost may be more than local authorities can afford ’ , says divisional director Evelyn MeEwen . |
| 20 | Mrs Burrows called this afternoon while you were on the shore and said that Harry was most anxious you should take part in some theatricals the young people want to perform at Easter . |
| 21 | You want to abort at that point , oh yeah retry 'll do . |
| 22 | I think one wants to go at a time when people still want you to stay , rather than stay until people want you to go . |
| 23 | Not unless you want to sit at the table do you ? |
| 24 | SIR — On July 28 , 1980 , Neil Kinnock told The Times : ‘ I want to retire at 50 , I want to play cricket in the summer and geriatric football in the winter , and sing in the choir . ’ |
| 25 | If you wait five years it gets slightly steeper so the force to you becomes that and so on and so forth , forty five fifty and you can see at fifty five if you want to retire at a certain age er what 's the age that you actually want to retire ? |
| 26 | I have suggested already that he is all The Dubliners combined — the lost child , the resigned girl , the lonely or frustrated man , the seeker of false comfort — now I want to come at his importance from a different angle . |
| 27 | If he and Devlin leave Portugal together I want to know at once . ’ |
| 28 | These are weekend courses designed for couples who feel they have a stable relationship , and want to work at improving it , particularly through communication skills . |
| 29 | If we want to work at a high level of stress , however , anywhere near the potential strength of glass for instance , we must be prepared to keep the surface free from even the most microscopic cracks for , if even one crack is allowed to exceed the Griffith length , which may be only about a thousand Ångströms , catastrophic failure will occur . |
| 30 | Oh , just one little notice I do have that erm several of us are going on Thursday to the , on the trip to Docklands by the erm erm Rotary Club of Sawbridgeworth erm I 'm told that there are still one or two odd seats if anybody wants to come at the last minute er , he does n't anticipate he 's going to erm fill them so even if , late Wednesday night you suddenly find you are available , by all means , contact and I 'm sure it can be arranged . |