Example sentences of "wants [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For him this convenience has been largely a negative factor for he thought of America as offering no other comparable diversion ; there were ‘ no beer gardens — no public concerts ’ and the question he asked was ‘ Who wants to sit at home and play bridge every night ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Who wants to sit with women , talking women 's things ? |
| 3 | He wants to sit with Enid in the cool air . |
| 4 | Mr Lamont , who will be sipping at the despatch box from Highland Spring water and Highland Park whisky , has broken the traditional Treasury silence in the run-up to the Budget to fight for his political survival by stating publicly he wants to remain as Chancellor . |
| 5 | Cedric Humphreys , 65 , wants to retire as clerk to St Osyth Parish Council to devote more time to his interests in amateur dramatics and music . |
| 6 | Erm Mary indicated at the last executive that she wants to retire from C H C and she would like Pauline to take her place , have you an nomina , a nominee from here ? |
| 7 | Mr Reuter wants to diversify from Daimler 's main business of building luxury cars and lorries . |
| 8 | ELTEC WANTS TO DIVERSIFY FROM CORE TRANSACTION PROCESSING MONITOR BUSINESS INTO SUPPORT SERVICES |
| 9 | Who , wants to go through life by themself. , does n't mean to say that all the kind of life is one big storm , not at all ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Who wants to go to university for heaven 's sake ! |
| 12 | but , when she says to her look , look father she wants to go to university |
| 13 | And who wants to go to school in Hammersmith when you can live in the East End ? |
| 14 | Isobel wants to go to Brazil |
| 15 | And er Alan apparently wants to go to Spain and Alan said well I 'm not bloody working there , as he said , I do n't wan na earn money like that ! |
| 16 | But she 'll wear it if she has to , and she wants to go to Lourdes , the priest 's been on to her and she 's … ’ |
| 17 | We do truly believe that Hess wants to go to Britain . |
| 18 | Assuming a social code rather nearer to the Confucian than to our own , the man who wants to go to Bali might choose to obey his parents although convinced that to stay in England is both to his own disadvantage and of no real advantage to them . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | When she wants to go to bed with me . |
| 21 | David wants to go to bed . |
| 22 | Well she wants to go to sleep but she also wanted to know what is happening . |
| 23 | Cos that 's what no leave him , I think he wants to go to sleep . |
| 24 | Fletcher added : ‘ I will be quite happy if anyone wants to go to Geoff for advice on a personal basis , but he is not part of the official coaching scheme . ’ |
| 25 | He said , ‘ Culley wants to go to Arizona . ’ |
| 26 | Oh he wants to go to Russell then do n't he ? |
| 27 | Ah who wants to go to Montu |
| 28 | ‘ Australia , who wants to go to Australia ? ’ one lifeguard sneered . |
| 29 | Suppose it wants to go from A to a point E that it can not see . |
| 30 | If someone wants to go from A to B , who else is competing to take that person there ? |