Example sentences of "want [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want through the churchyard at four , and into the Close from the west side . |
| 2 | A popular shift for returning district nurses is the twilight shift — assisting patients into or out of bed — although this may not be what you want for the rest of your life . |
| 3 | That 's the sort of colour you want for the top of your is n't it ? |
| 4 | If that 's what you want for the museum . |
| 5 | I have to get down all the colours or elements I want for the poem . |
| 6 | So wh are you saying that all this stuff you want for the admin course , you 're gon na raise money separately or do you want |
| 7 | Is this wha what you want for the future ? |
| 8 | Things they want for the Christmas party ? |
| 9 | If you only want for the effect of being a clown . |
| 10 | I think we need to say , okay , in the future , what are we , the town , gon na do , to make this building right for what we want for the town . |
| 11 | Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate . |
| 12 | In order to create the Party atmosphere we want for the show , the event will be recorded in front of studio audiences at Central TV 's studios in Nottingham on 13 and 15 December . |
| 13 | ‘ But before Derry can be made a major European city it 's important that the people of that place are proud of themselves and their city and know what they want for the city . ’ |
| 14 | Yes well I think I told him a wrong , you see , there were two there there are two ways of tackling it and I do n't think the way I told him is what they want for the examination purposes , at all ! |
| 15 | I was just looking at some of the prices they want for the property . |
| 16 | ‘ It appears that you are willing to sacrifice what you want for the good of others , ’ he said softly . |
| 17 | And here , ’ he want behind the altar and took a small bell , ‘ you ring this . |
| 18 | If you use a double-sided backdrop place the side you want against the back of the tank . |
| 19 | Scales arrived back and it was only then that Wycliffe want into the office . |
| 20 | Just scroll along and drag the one you want onto the page . |
| 21 | Is this the wee phone you want in the kitchen ? |
| 22 | And then we can you know , whatever we want in the afternoon which will be rather nice ! |
| 23 | This is indeed the case here , where the support of the infinitive is made explicit by the pronoun I. The fact that I is the subject of the verb want automatically situates it in time before the event go : the first person is involved in the actualization phase of want in the present but he is not yet represented as involved in going . |
| 24 | … The consents are geared to produce the quality water you want in the river for the use you want downstream . ’ |
| 25 | With the current state of play , what you want in the way of networking may not be easy or cheap but it is almost certainly possible . |
| 26 | Go to a crack house , Nick , and you can buy anything you want in the way of human flesh . |
| 27 | However when you come to pin it down , you find that it is not all that easy to find bits which feature exactly what you want in the way and at the length you want them . |
| 28 | Right , but we have covered most things that 's ev , I do n't know if I 've actually missed anything out , right but just to clarify my thinking what is it you do actually want to think about , is it the the colour , is it what glass you want in the bathroom ? |
| 29 | I ’ Clubs must look at the players they are registering and decide if they are the type we want in the League , ’ he said . |
| 30 | The first step is to decide what headings you want in the list and to give these meaningful names . |