Example sentences of "he wants [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite his hot streak of goals , Quinn has not yet been on the winning side for the Sky Blues and now he wants to put that unwanted record in the dustbin . |
| 2 | That 's basically for editing purposes , so that , if the editor , he likes the general tenor of what you 've said but he perhaps wants to , he wants to chop a little bit out or he wants to put that sentence up there , he 's got somewhere that he can actually , he can actually do his editing . |
| 3 | Asked why he had changed tack in his purchasing , Mr Mason , his dealer , said : ‘ Mr Lloyd Webber has made his money in Britain in the last decade , and he wants to put some back to save the finest of Canaletto 's London views . ’ |
| 4 | I imagine he wants to put some pressure on you . |
| 5 | He wants to put some pennies in a machine and he has n't got any . |
| 6 | Yet at the same time President Clinton claims he wants to do all he can to complete the Uruguay round of GATT trade talks , and is backing the appointment as GATT 's new director-general of Peter Sutherland , an Irish former commissioner of the EC who has just the sort of political push to get a trade deal done . |
| 7 | She seemed distressed , ‘ I mean Balbinder , he used to just sit by the telly , even now he still … he wants toys … he does n't want to do the things , he wants to do all the time what he wants to do … ’ |
| 8 | And here there 's potentially big trouble , because the way he wants to do that is by taxing the Copts more . ’ |
| 9 | I think if you 've got somebody who 's got a er a solicitor or an accountant then you need to establish why he wants to talk to them and also er if he , if he 's adamant that he wants to do that , find out who he is and ask if you can speak to him as well , or you can explain erm you know what the , what , what you 're doing with the client . |
| 10 | Sir Peter says he wants to do another pyelogram soon . |
| 11 | He wants to do more programmes as well as record more good songs . |
| 12 | ‘ He wants to do this job above all else and that is a major plus , ’ a close friend said last night . |
| 13 | I 'd just phoned it through and people started ringing up saying you know somebody 's mother tells me and can you come and do our son because he wants to do this and Yes sure . |
| 14 | He wants to do this rap thing does n't he ? |
| 15 | He wants to use that chain . |
| 16 | What is interesting about the system is that the driver can decide for himself — by pressing a button — whether or not he wants to use these features . |
| 17 | Since the intra-verbal support of the infinitive is a general virtual person , the speaker must also conceive the actual support to which the infinitive 's event is incident and the relation in time between the virtual and actual persons whenever he wants to use this verb form . |
| 18 | Locke of course wants to argue a strong case to the contrary , he wants to argue that membership of a civil society is voluntary . |
| 19 | I think it 's a good time to spend in the garden to be honest , I mean you ca n't , you ca n't , it 's not really long enough to try and do it at weekends , not if he wants to move that garage back , it 'll probably take the best part of the week to sort that out |
| 20 | He says he wants to spend more time in his constituency . |
| 21 | Norman Lamont delivers his budget and tells the House he wants to spend more time with his family . |
| 22 | He wants me , she thought with panic , and then hot on the heels of that thought came another ; he wants me because he 's spent the afternoon and evening with the woman he loves but ca n't have , and so he wants to release some of that frustration on me . |
| 23 | He wants to choose another film |
| 24 | " He wants to take this stage , let him take it , " the ex-soldier said . |
| 25 | Mr Allen has said he wants to see that percentage double by the mid-1990s . |
| 26 | We 're working for the King himself , and he wants to see all the plays . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If he wants to see either of us he will , but I 've no doubt he is as busy as I am , ’ she added pointedly . |
| 28 | He hardly ever tried Linda he wants to see more of that to pay it . |
| 29 | What 's more , Bishop is n't in it just for the money , he wants to see some blood spilt — even that of his friends … |
| 30 | ‘ This person says he 's acting on your behalf and he wants to inspect all the mail . |