Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] about [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thought that if women wanted to know about separatism they could read this , and then leave us in peace . |
| 2 | She wanted to know about love , a man 's side of the story . |
| 3 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |
| 4 | Er , again if anybody 's seen that very amusing film by erm Woody Allen , what 's it called , er Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but w Were Afraid To Ask . |
| 5 | When ‘ Kicker Conspiracy ’ came out in 1983 no bugger wanted to know about soccer songs . |
| 6 | The sense of dispossession sustained an underworld of thugs , drug pushers , and thieves ( I wanted to write about crime in Hawaii , but the godfather of the North Shore let me know that he 'd rather I did n't ) . |
| 7 | But you know if you wanted to talk about sanctification , as a for instance , that 's growing in grace and holiness , becoming more the person that God wants us to be . |
| 8 | ‘ He wanted to talk about flying . |
| 9 | I offered him my body and he just wanted to talk about flying . |
| 10 | Who wanted to talk about affiliation stroke working with other groups ? |
| 11 | At one point , John decided that he wanted to learn about music , although in fact he newer acquired much technical knowledge of the subject , and could not read a score . |
| 12 | ‘ Business seemed like an attractive idea and I wanted to learn about finance first , ’ he offers as an explanation . |
| 13 | He called to Cotterell , ‘ It 's the Royal Veterinary College , that fellow you wanted to ask about horse doping . ’ |
| 14 | Okay that 's all I wanted to say about voltage gated channels then , let's erm turn our attention to so-called ligand gated channels which form rather a discrete class . |
| 15 | He took the opportunity to make the occasion a sound platform for what he wanted to say about food , farming and cross-border co-operation . |