Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to see her at once . |
| 2 | You want to see her in the morning when she bloody get up . |
| 3 | ‘ You want to see me about something ? ’ |
| 4 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 5 | Oh you want to see me in four weeks ? |
| 6 | But er you want to see me in four weeks to see about that ? |
| 7 | You want to see me in gaol . |
| 8 | Trade supremo Michael Heseltine , whose supporters want to see him in Mr Lamont 's job , was even more lavish in his praise . |
| 9 | We want to see them in action against South Africa . |
| 10 | Well , tonight you may leave early , but I want to see you with my guests every evening . |
| 11 | He shouted to make himself heard above the din : " I want to see you at once , " |
| 12 | I want to see you on your knees begging for my love before our time is up , and that will be all the satisfaction I need . ’ |
| 13 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 14 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 15 | I want to see you in proper uniform today , Sharpe , today ! ’ |
| 16 | Now I want to see you in four weeks again . |
| 17 | I want to see you before lunch . ’ |
| 18 | More than a third of directors want more summarised information and want to see it in a more comprehensible , graphic form . |
| 19 | If you want to hit me across the airport , I 'll understand , OK , but I 'm staying with Alejandro . |
| 20 | Want to nail him to the fence you should think he 's not |
| 21 | ‘ I want to thank him for his patience , foresight , and ability to interpret my ideas , incorporate his own with them , and achieve what you see here tonight . |
| 22 | I do n't know your name , but I want to thank you for your kindness to me on the night I left Weatherbury . |
| 23 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I want to thank you for the roses , ’ she said . |
| 25 | So , instead , she said , ‘ I really want to thank you for being so good with Emily today . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I want to thank you for all you did for Mam . |
| 27 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 28 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Nurse Shelley , I want to thank you for caring for me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 30 | ‘ And I want to thank you on Hilda 's behalf . |