Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll be looking at your statement later and I 'll probably want to see you in the next day or so . ’ |
| 2 | The message from my friend is this : that you should keep that pretty little nose out of things that do n't concern you if you do n't want to find yourself in a whole load of trouble . |
| 3 | She did n't want to find herself with a one-way Goldenrail Supersaver to Belsen . |
| 4 | She did not want to find herself in a hierarchical situation in relation to others at work , thereby creating false barriers and reinforcing the capitalist class structure . |
| 5 | ‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident . |
| 6 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 7 | Our attitude is that we want to see everyone in the six counties , whether Protestant or Catholic , active in the movement to attain civil rights for the people there . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 9 | You want to sacrifice yourself in a bloody revolution that will have no hope of success , and you want to sacrifice hundreds , perhaps thousands of young lives with you ! |
| 10 | I think the reason he dresses as an Edwardian is because he wants to see himself as a dashing young stage door Johnny . ’ |
| 11 | If you want to meet someone with the same hopes , ambitions and interests as yourself , and are simply not meeting them socially or at work , Dateline , the largest , longest established and most successful computer dating agency in the world , can open up a whole new circle of people ; interesting , suitable people who could be living very close to you , people who you might never meet without Dateline 's help . |
| 12 | If you want to meet someone with the same hopes , ambitions and interest as yourself , and are simply not meeting them socially or at work , Dateline , the largest longest established and most successful computer dating agency in the world combines personal service with the speed and efficiency of modern technology to open up a whole new circle of compatible people for you ; interesting , suitable people who could be living very close , people who you might never meet without Dateline 's help . |
| 13 | It seems that the ‘ most powerful screen actor since Brando ’ now wants to reinvent himself as an independent movie mogul . |
| 14 | To that extent , the EC does not seem to have accepted the ramifications of the post-communist years and has not decided whether it wants to consolidate itself as a rich man 's club at the western end of the continent of Europe , to which the east Europeans can apply for associate membership , or to widen its institutions , starting with freer trade . |
| 15 | I am talking about prisoners who do not want problems in serving their sentence ; they want to serve it in a civilised fashion , where that is possible in any prison regime . |
| 16 | So to sum up , if we want to help ourselves towards a healthy heart and a long and happy life we need to eat a low fat diet , take regular exercise and stop smoking . |
| 17 | CCW wants to manage it as a National Nature Reserve , but this is being blocked by the IDO claim . |
| 18 | There are four key ideas in that sentence , and I want to underline them for a few more minutes . |
| 19 | If you want to leave it to the last minute you can also bring your items to the Community Centre on the morning . |
| 20 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
| 21 | I want to commend you for the excellent job you have done on the Missing Girl story , from the time it broke until her body was found . |
| 22 | He wants to expose it before the whole world , but he needs your help . ’ |
| 23 | She wants to send them to the same private boarding school as her other partially sighted son , but her local council has refused . |
| 24 | But our attitude towards them has to be based on the understanding that they want to transform us into a different party — a party which could never win , and might well not deserve to win , against a Conservative government which itself embraces the social market . |
| 25 | No , I mean , there 's nothing to stop him arresting more British people , or er , any nationality , come to that , and saying well , they did stray into our territory , I 'm sorry about this , but er , we ca n't have that sort of thing , you 'll have to er , come and see if I want to release them in a few months . |
| 26 | But officials at both the DES and the HSE want to turn it into a specialist advisory group to the HSE . |
| 27 | seven o'clock , well I thought I 'd come a bit earlier forget that they want a tidy living room , they want to get the toys out of the way , they want to present themselves in the best possible light so they 'd be more forgiving if you 're late than if you 're too early to be on time . |
| 28 | Mummy me want to eat them in the high chair |
| 29 | But we want to review it after a few months because as I say , once she 's got herself organized , it might be alright . |
| 30 | Or it may be that the question you are interested in has been discussed before , but that you want to develop it in a particular way , or to extend it , or to disagree with one of its premises . |