Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [pron] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says she did want him out of the house , but she did n't want to kill him as a court was going to evict him anyway . |
| 2 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 3 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 4 | They 're ideal if you just want to lose it for a couple of hours , but try not to get hooked . |
| 5 | and that if we want to borrow it in a couple weeks time |
| 6 | ‘ On the rare occasion he bothers to leave that damn hotel — sorry , but you know what I mean — he just wants to drink himself into a stupor . |
| 7 | They are lovely to visit — especially when you want to feast yourself on a Dorset cream tea — but it is the rolling countryside and stunning coastline which attract the many lovers of the outdoors . |
| 8 | But it comes down to how openly you want to express yourself as a Muslim . |
| 9 | Left : If you want to replace a dishwasher that 's over 10 years ' old , or want to fit one into a kitchen with imperial size 500 mm wide base units , you 'll need a machine that measures 50 cm rather than the usual 60 cm wide . |
| 10 | But for UK and Irish holidaymakers who want to combine it with a Florida vacation , it is also an attractive deal . |
| 11 | When people are buying , another example of their purchasing power would be to say ‘ well , now I want this particular policy and I want to combine it with a power that 's available to me in that policy ’ . |
| 12 | So we will need a tolerant and patient horse if we want to use it as a school horse , or a plough horse , or even a dressage horse . |
| 13 | And now they 've changed their mind and want to put me in a caravan . |
| 14 | said you want to put 'em in a bag and shake 'em up . |
| 15 | They 've spent years doing this sort of thing , now they 've decided that they want to do it for a living . |
| 16 | Start a hobby Contact your local adult education centre if you want to do it in a group |
| 17 | Now they want to invite us to a football match at the next sales conference at Brighton in January . |
| 18 | Only cos he wants to have you in a bath . |
| 19 | If you want to display it on a device with different resolution , you have the following options : — |
| 20 | A a a member of staff may feel that they want to say something about a kid , and it does not necessarily have to agree with what the kid |
| 21 | And my mum thinks a home she wants to take me to a psychiatrist or something . |
| 22 | But I know me own daughter well enough to know that she does n't want to lock herself inside a convent for the rest of her life . |
| 23 | Everyone 'll want to favour us with a well-wishing . |
| 24 | Toilet seats are propped up against the wall , in the unlikely event that someone might want to buy them in a country where hygiene is pathological . |
| 25 | You may be surprised to find that she does n't want to shackle you with a ball and chain . |
| 26 | if possible you want to avoid that , so you do n't want to , and , and you certainly do n't want to leave it until a time when you have been taken sick and you ca n't do anything about it . |
| 27 | You do n't want to put him in a corner and have him as an enemy . |
| 28 | Power-hungry people would want to use it as a weapon — which it could very successfully be utilised as — or else as a way of controlling others en masse . |
| 29 | ‘ No , I 've got a little bit , but I do n't want to waste it on a hotel . |
| 30 | The duchess stayed away from Sunnie 's funeral because she did n't want to turn it into a photo opportunity . |