Example sentences of "he want [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she did not wake and for a moment Henry was flooded by helpless rage , a feeling that made him want to run to the bedside table , snatch up Elinor 's nail scissors and twist them into her neck , this way and that , gouging out blood and veins . |
| 2 | You could see him wanting to talk about the controversy over the redevelopment of Wimbledon town centre ( Greycoat versus Speyhawk , or Caring Architects versus Greedy planners ) . |
| 3 | Does he want to move from the city to a farm in Scotland ? |
| 4 | What is appropriate is first to desire to love your local church ; second , get alone with God and see what he wants to say to the church ; third , to begin to express this in your housegroup : ‘ I feel what God is saying is … . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I think he wants to go to the loo , ’ said Philippa . |
| 6 | to know when he wants to go to the loo . |
| 7 | Maybe he wants to go to the toilet again . |
| 8 | ‘ What 'll he do if he wants to go to the lavatory though ? ’ |
| 9 | He wants to talk about The Miser , so you persist with that line of questioning in the hope of drawing him on other aspects of his career . |
| 10 | Now he wants to talk to the boy . |
| 11 | He wants to talk to the boss about it . |
| 12 | He wants to run through the autumn leaves holding hands . |
| 13 | But it 's the nature of the offence as such that if a soldier is bullied , he 's unlikely if he wants to stay in the Army , to bring it to the attention of the authorities , because he know that afterwards he has then to live with the people who he 's complained about . |
| 14 | It could be a good indicator for the Deep South where Bush must make an impact if he wants to stay in the race . |
| 15 | If he wants to stay in the race he may have no alternative but to abandon his original proposal and announce a rival offer on improved terms . |
| 16 | He wants to escape to the world of memory-residues , of disconnected images , for that is the world of fantasy , the world of fairy-tales and myths … |
| 17 | By the time a patient comes to consult me ( of any other professional therapist for that matter ) , he is aware that he has some sort of problem in his life and that he wants to get to the bottom of it . |
| 18 | Although , like every climber , he wants to get to the summit , Bryan says the team 's success is more important than any individual . |
| 19 | In August 1861 he made clear that he wanted to move beyond the problem of the western provinces to the problem of priests in general . |
| 20 | He insisted that he wanted to return to the church to sample some more of the atmosphere : commune with the spirit of the Levellers — that sort of nonsense . |
| 21 | More than that , he wanted to act on the impulse to touch her and experience the thrill of holding a girl whose very presence caused him exceptional physical excitement . |
| 22 | Once he had eaten and smeared two or three cakes round his face and all over the chair , he wanted to see round the place . |
| 23 | I do n't know the reasons , I 'm only guessing , but the fact remains that a group captain , no less , came over to Bourn from Huntingdon to attend our squadron 's briefing , and then decided he wanted to go on the mission too . |
| 24 | Peter Thompson now explained that he wanted to go beyond the concept of a management buy-out and to involve all the staff who wanted to buy shares . |
| 25 | He wanted to live in the house with his girlfriend . |
| 26 | Shah said he wrote to Knighton when his offer to buy out the shareholding of United 's chief executive , Martin Edwards , was first made public , and received a phone call last Friday from Knighton , who asked him if he wanted to participate in the deal . |
| 27 | I 'm sure he wanted to join in the fun but maybe he did just want to make sure they all got down safely . |
| 28 | If he wanted to join in the group , then he could . ' |
| 29 | He went on to said he wanted to talk about the hunting debate , erm , it occurred to me to wonder why they could n't find anyone in Stonygate in favour of hunting , I mean perhaps there are n't any people in Stonygate in favour of hunting . |
| 30 | He wanted to sit in the front on Zoe 's knee . |