Example sentences of "want [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we did not want to miss the opportunity of having such a wonderful day , complete with the white wedding car . |
| 2 | You do n't want to miss the surprise ! ’ |
| 3 | I do n't want to miss the start of the big picture . ’ |
| 4 | But I suppose if you do n't want to miss the start you could just go straight in . ’ |
| 5 | I had to go — I had a meeting in town and I did n't want to miss the train . |
| 6 | I was in a hurry to catch the tube — it was the rush hour — I did n't want to miss the train — Cedric … you see , Cedric was waiting — ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It would be wrong to anticipate the conclusions of the inquiry but I do want to assure the public that this matter is a cause of great concern to the Prison Service and that all aspects of the escape , including the role played by prison staff , will be very carefully examined . ’ |
| 8 | Do you want to borrow the car and return it later ? ’ |
| 9 | Having said that , if you do have top-quality black and white photographs , then include one with the press releases to the national newspapers ; they may want to carry the story but have no time to find a photograph themselves . |
| 10 | Frodo the Ring bearer does not really want to carry the Ring and offers it to the elf-queen Galadriel . |
| 11 | We do not want to carry the image of middle age in other people 's eyes , nor do we wish to think of ourselves as getting old . |
| 12 | It is not clear to what degree the kinship defenders would want to preserve the link with biological parents who are in no way the psychological parents as well — that is , how much they value the blood tie as such . |
| 13 | Alternatively , however , you may want to emphasise the point that actual readers are unlikely to respond all in the same way , especially readers differing in gender , class , age , ethnicity or some other aspect of social identity . |
| 14 | This does give Europe the possibility of a role , perhaps in bringing the war to an end , when unwise forces in Washington may want to continue the war too long , and also to play a role in clearing up the mess afterwards , although its going to be a terrifying mess . |
| 15 | Thus workers and managers will want to agree the wage rate for the coming year . |
| 16 | We do n't want to lose the scrum as part of our game or just to be a means of restarting play ’ , concluded Spotswood . |
| 17 | I start to speak , but I do not want to lose the smoke . |
| 18 | I thought they 'd probably want to see the video I was splicing together from the footage we were getting on opium growing in the Bekaa Valley , but these were cops on a government-paid vacation . |
| 19 | Surprisingly it does devalue the works for collectors and museums who will want to see the back of the picture . |
| 20 | Jennifer I do n't want to see the back your head any more . |
| 21 | ‘ So , ’ he said , ‘ you 'll want to see the will . ’ |
| 22 | I think if you 're gon na do something that er deviate , because the thing is when you do your tandem calls , they 're gon na want to see the structure |
| 23 | He did n't want to see the girl get killed . |
| 24 | ‘ But we do n't want to see the meadow go . ’ |
| 25 | We would not want to see the scheme a held up or at least , the timetable that we could set down . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's the thrill of the moment , and you do n't want to see the person the next day , because it ruins the moment . ’ |
| 27 | She did n't want to see the hurt in his eyes , in case it made her soften and forgive him . |
| 28 | Would she want to see the boy ? |
| 29 | I did n't want to see the event ( irony can be heavy-handed as well as ruthless ) . |
| 30 | I do not want to see the election lost on the playing fields of Eton . |