Example sentences of "wants [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now the man who yearned with all his heart for all his life to be a woman and who is just months away from radical surgery wants to remain a man . |
| 2 | In the McEnroe camp , it is being said that the Wimbledon ace wants to continue a career in TV commentary — and has traditional views on marriage . |
| 3 | If a person wants to wear a wig and erm you know you should feel comfortable with or without a wig , does n't really matter does it ? |
| 4 | In short Locke wants to drive a wedge between our rights as private individuals and our rights as members of a civil society . |
| 5 | He should repeat his assurance that , while Labour is opposed to the privatisation of water and electricity and wants to see a return to public control , it is not the party 's intention to clobber those who buy shares . |
| 6 | We must assume that someone wants to see a recording , otherwise there was no point in recording it in the first place . |
| 7 | In my experience , young people in a family have been directed to go and conceive a child as quickly as possible because a dying person wants to see a grandchild to ‘ know that his name will live on before he dies , . |
| 8 | he wants to see a doctor , otherwise he 's just gon na , he 's not gon na get any better is he ? |
| 9 | Er anybody that actually wants to see a list of the prizewinners from last year , from the actual race , I do have a copy er |
| 10 | It does n't have to be followed slavishly , which can happen when a man wants to impose a schedule and organise it as formally as he has organised his work . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you know anybody who wants to train a boy for work , Mr Sowerberry ? ’ |
| 12 | Certainly , any academic who wants to write a book on a canonical author , topic , or period , is likely to get a contract without very much formality ( particularly if it has to do with ‘ women ’ or ‘ theory ’ , or ideally both ) . |
| 13 | And the European Space Agency wants to launch a craft called ERS. 1 that will scan the Earth 's oceans with radar instruments from 1987 . |
| 14 | The ESF wants to find a home and a new sponsor for this activity . |
| 15 | The Rev Richard Griffiths , of St Pancras in Chichester , West Sussex , wants to find a bone marrow donor for leukaemia victim James Crook , 17 . |
| 16 | Manager Malcolm Crosby wants to accept a £750,000 bid from Premier League Southampton — but his chairman Bob Murray vetoed the move and is holding out for £1 million . |
| 17 | flo plays wide midfield on norways national team — but i think he is used mainly as a target man for sheff utd. norw coach drillo wants to try a setup with one ‘ Flo ’ as both left and right wide midfielder , then trying to hit hard high , crosses from behind towards the ‘ towers ’ at the sides thus giving football a new dimension of play . |
| 18 | Suppose a particular nationalized firm wants to institute a project that has a very favourable rate of return but which involves heavy capital outlays prior to any revenues being generated . |
| 19 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to table a question or write to me , I shall be glad to enlarge upon that . |
| 20 | The company wants to open a microwave link between its headquarters in Long Acre and its main transmitter in Britannic House , less than 3 km away . |
| 21 | She wants to open a coffee shop next door . |
| 22 | The CBT , which operates the world 's largest futures market , now wants to open a market for pollution rights . |
| 23 | A company wants to install a computer system in one of its departments which has previously had to use slow , laborious ( but reliable ) manual methods . |
| 24 | Mercury wants to install a network of fibre-optic cables , to carry telephone calls and computer data , inside the ducts that run along railway tracks . |
| 25 | We have to assume that , if someone wants to explore a concept or examine an idea , he or she has an intelligent , enquiring mind . |
| 26 | For lenders there is clearly a more desirable proposition in a public house that has a higher beverages or ‘ wet ’ side than a ‘ dry ’ side , because if someone wants to purchase a pub with a high ‘ dry ’ side , and they do not have much catering experience , then their turnover could diminish rapidly . |
| 27 | Of course , if a museum wants to purchase a work it can ask for donations from banks , industries and other institutions . |
| 28 | I 've got a customer coming in who wants to choose a puppy , and it must be vaccinated before it leaves here . |
| 29 | Who wants to buy a home if the mortgage costs may rise , pay is set to fall and values look like following ? |
| 30 | Do you know anybody who wants to buy a PC |