Example sentences of "[adv] want [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just wanted to know what on page forty-two under ‘ Water sampling ’ , what the bracketing figures say four u stroke s , one u stroke s , etcetera meant , and on page forty-three , why under ‘ programme and revisiting inspection ’ this four one nine p was starred . |
| 2 | If sentences , such as those in ( 32 ) , are not ungrammatical , it is still very unlikely that anyone will ever want to use them in practice : ( 32 ) Burke murdered many citizens dead the fire burned many priceless tomes burnt However , there are plenty of others where the state is less immediately predictable , and of course examples have already been given in ( 1 ) , ( 10 ) , ( 13 ) and so on . |
| 3 | She also wanted to save them from slaughter for the sum of two hundred pounds . |
| 4 | I do n't really want to take him to court . ’ |
| 5 | Did she really want to believe herself in love with a man like that ? |
| 6 | ‘ I really wanted to see you on behalf of Annabel , ’ Scott said . |
| 7 | ‘ We do n't particularly want to protect him from infection . |
| 8 | Idealistic friars now put their arguments for a propertyless church to the service of Gaunt and other laymen who simply wanted to avail themselves of church wealth for the relief of their own tax burden . |
| 9 | Erm , do you want to say anything about , anyone else want to say anything about page one ? |
| 10 | Thank you , anybody else want to raise anything on criterion six , or can we move to seven ? |