Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [pron] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute .
2	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 " .
3	‘ I want to thank you for the roses , ’ she said .
4	They 're ideal if you just want to lose it for a couple of hours , but try not to get hooked .
5	‘ We know that the semi-final is important , and every one of us wants to win it for the manager , but we have got to approach every game in the same way .
6	I 'm the sort of person who wants to do everything for the people I love and he is the sort of person who 's self-sufficient , or seems to be … = ’ she paused .
7	They 've spent years doing this sort of thing , now they 've decided that they want to do it for a living .
8	Charlotte only wants to marry him for the house and comforts he can provide her later in life .
9	And MacLane wanted to wallpaper me for the job .
10	‘ He wanted to swop her for a guarantee that he would not be arrested ’
11	In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras .
12	She wanted to savour it for a moment .
13	He wanted to take her for a ride .
14	And he wanted to prepare himself for the daughter .

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