Example sentences of "want [to-vb] about [noun sg] " 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 | The kids did n't want to know about life outside Battle Creek . |
| 4 | ‘ Why do you want to know about chinchilla ? |
| 5 | for instance , you may want to know about training , holidays or canteen facilities ( see p. 27 on gathering background information ) ; |
| 6 | Perhaps the relationship is still continuing , but the boyfriend does not want to know about pregnancy . |
| 7 | And I do n't want to talk about money . |
| 8 | 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 … ‘ |
| 9 | ‘ 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 … |
| 10 | 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 ? ’ |
| 11 | If he , he does n't want to talk about potential because it will er not make the , the , the necessary action immediate , but if he can come back and say I 've seen and I know what 's going on |
| 12 | The family did not want to talk about politics but they asked about Mrs Zamzam 's health . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't want to talk about right or wrong , I just want to discuss business with you . |
| 14 | We do not want to talk about south-west regional cream instead of Devonshire produce , roast beef and north-east regional pudding or Greater Manchester hot-pot . |
| 15 | After fitting reward for a gruelling season , Lawrence said : ‘ I do n't want to hear about consolidation . |
| 16 | Part of the audience decided that this was n't what they wanted to see , another part decided they did n't want to hear about politics anymore . |
| 17 | Marketing dogma of old had it that car buyers do n't want to hear about car safety , preferring not to dwell on the possibility of being killed or injured on the road . |
| 18 | But I do n't want to sing about football results or importune people to dance . |
| 19 | Do n't you want to say about shit and things like that ? |