Example sentences of "want [to-vb] about [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a handy program for anyone who needs to send a large variety of business letters and who does n't want to faff about thinking of the right thing to say . |
| 2 | Erm , women do n't just want to write about knitting , erm |
| 3 | ‘ No I do n't want to write about Englishness . |
| 4 | You do n't want to write about people who are successful . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't give a damn for what is fashionable , ’ he said , ‘ and I do n't want to write about characters just because they 're fashionable types . |
| 6 | We know much more than anyone could possibly want to know about Bill and Hillary 's sex life er than we do er about prospects for economic recovery and this has happened to successive American presidents and it happens in part because in the U S the president and his family , and it has been a his so far , the president and his family take the part , not only the part played in England by the prime minister , but also the part played by the monarchy . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you want to know about Tara ? ’ |
| 8 | They did want to know about Somalia . |
| 9 | They did want to know about Europe . |
| 10 | Not only will you want to know about basics like salaries and pensions , but you will also want to find out as much as possible about the firm and its product and methods . |
| 11 | The kids did n't want to know about life outside Battle Creek . |
| 12 | ‘ Why do you want to know about chinchilla ? |
| 13 | for instance , you may want to know about training , holidays or canteen facilities ( see p. 27 on gathering background information ) ; |
| 14 | Perhaps the relationship is still continuing , but the boyfriend does not want to know about pregnancy . |
| 15 | I guess they 'll want to know about schools , qualifications etc but is there a particular order in which these should be presented ? ? |
| 16 | Why do you want to know about Commander Zadak ? ’ |
| 17 | They DID want to know about Yugoslavia . |
| 18 | I do n't want to know about men , really . |
| 19 | I do n't want to know about Paula , what ? |
| 20 | I do n't want to worry about sheds for now . |
| 21 | But she did n't want to talk about Hugh , did n't want his third presence intruding here , on her day with Fen . |
| 22 | But the lawyer did not want to talk about Doctor Lanyon . |
| 23 | And I do n't want to talk about money . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you want to talk about Gesner ? ’ |
| 25 | And if it were up to me , I 'd just want to talk about music , about a certain passage of Mozart and how I would place the emphasis at certain points , and how I feel I 'm a good interpreter at the piano , but not particularly a good technician … ‘ |
| 26 | Local councillor Eddie McEvilly said : ‘ I do n't really want to talk about conditions on the operation , because I do n't want to see it at all . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Look , I do n't want to talk about love , women , past marriages , present marriages , family , stuff that normal people do n't readily talk about … |
| 28 | " Power " , for example , is an ordinal attribute in which we might want to talk about individuals having " more " or " less " power than others and to reflect this in using the power of numbers to reflect " more " or " less " of some attribute in the same way that a higher number score on a test signifies a greater ability to do the test than a lower number . |
| 29 | Do you want to talk about disarmament or do you want to help those in the White House and in the Kremlin who are really trying to do something effective about it ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Rachel , I do n't want to talk about Jennifer . |