Example sentences of "want [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ca n't help it : Do you want me to go into the other room ? |
| 2 | Do you want me to come on the nineteenth as well ? |
| 3 | They want me to join in the whole furore . |
| 4 | She wants me to forget about the civil service and to go to university , ’ she said as soon as she got home . |
| 5 | I called you over because I want you to look after the new lady . |
| 6 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 7 | ‘ And I want it to go on the same way till I 'm free to offer you more . ’ |
| 8 | For Bernstein , this is to experience the music at second hand ; he wants us to live through the emotional upheaval rather than be merely aware of its implications . |
| 9 | We ca n't really recommend such desperate measures , since we do n't want you to get on the wrong side of that civil action . |
| 10 | Erm , I 'll not go through the whole of this table sir , but I do want you to look at the next column , outstanding planning permissions . |
| 11 | Do you want it to go in the local free sheet ? |
| 12 | I nursed my damaged finger , and showed it to anyone who wanted me to join in the rough stuff . |
| 13 | Yes , Mar Mark wanted you to look at the third line of the third verse where there is a reference to no eyes and wondered whether you have any ideas about that . |
| 14 | Polls suggested that up to one in four Conservative MPs wanted her to go before the next general election : growing numbers of backbenchers were prepared openly to declare that the time had come for her to call it a day . |
| 15 | Murphy wanted her to stay by the first fire of the autumn and be waiting there with the tea table , as Aunt Emily had always done ; but he knew , after just over two months of Alexandra 's rule , that it was pointless even to look his disapproval . |
| 16 | a star and wanted us to share in the good luck . |