Example sentences of "wants [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ELTEC WANTS TO DIVERSIFY FROM CORE TRANSACTION PROCESSING MONITOR BUSINESS INTO SUPPORT SERVICES |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Who wants to go to university for heaven 's sake ! |
| 8 | but , when she says to her look , look father she wants to go to university |
| 9 | And who wants to go to school in Hammersmith when you can live in the East End ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When she wants to go to bed with me . |
| 12 | David wants to go to bed . |
| 13 | Well she wants to go to sleep but she also wanted to know what is happening . |
| 14 | Cos that 's what no leave him , I think he wants to go to sleep . |
| 15 | B-R has told Margaret Wilkinson that if she wants to go by rail she 'll have to get a narrower wheelchair . |
| 16 | ‘ Nobody wants to invest in production , ’ says Grigoriev . |
| 17 | It is true that St Bartholemew 's Hospital is threatened by the Government health policy which wants to invest in community care at the expense of some London hospitals . |
| 18 | The new parent wants to concentrate on rail traction vehicles for railways , industry and mining , which account for 90 per cent of LEW 's sales . |
| 19 | Mrs E , 47 , dependent on tranquillisers , wants to come off medication but fears her original problems may occur . |
| 20 | But a snag is that the fibre requires an optoelectronic converter where the subscriber wants to plug into cable . |
| 21 | De Sade said that if one wants to know about death one should look at sexual excitement . |
| 22 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to know about claptrap , he should listen to what he has just said . |
| 23 | Someone else wants to know about VAT on thoroughbred horse breeders . |
| 24 | But if the hon. Gentleman wants to know about investment , let me give him some information about investment . |
| 25 | Who wants to know about Blot ? ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Surely a far more significant gesture by the government towards Britain 's immigrant community would be a hefty grant for the proposed Indian museum in Bradford , which the V&A wants to create in order to display the nation 's holdings of Indian art , mostly in store since the closure of the Indian Museum in 1947 . |
| 28 | With hundreds of items to return police say anyone who wants to inquire about property should ring 0285 641 723 . |
| 29 | ‘ He wants to play at politics . |
| 30 | He had become Denmark 's most popular footballer , outstripping the likes of Michael Laudrup , and suddenly every boy in Copenhagen wants to play in goal . |