Example sentences of "wants [to-vb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants to go to university , turns up to listen to Einstein , studies hard ; but his father wo n't have it , and at the age of 14 he becomes a soap boy in a barber 's and then a presser in a garment shop . |
| 2 | ‘ Who wants to go to university for heaven 's sake ! |
| 3 | but , when she says to her look , look father she wants to go to university |
| 4 | And who wants to go to school in Hammersmith when you can live in the East End ? |
| 5 | I do n't think she 's all that keen on them , and sometimes she kicks them all out , if it 's getting late and she wants to go to bed . |
| 6 | When she wants to go to bed with me . |
| 7 | David wants to go to bed . |
| 8 | Well she wants to go to sleep but she also wanted to know what is happening . |
| 9 | Cos that 's what no leave him , I think he wants to go to sleep . |
| 10 | For many people there is something terrifying in the thought that in a universe in which man is so insignificant in comparison with the unreasoning forces of nature , most of his own organism belongs to or wants to defect to nature . |
| 11 | ‘ If the market wants to move to Unix , independent of the fact that it 's inconvenient for you , you may have to recognise that early and really get out in front . ’ |
| 12 | Clearly it is vital to recruit more men or take account of the problems facing the married woman who wants to return to work . |