Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Yet saying aloud to each other 's face , ‘ We do n't want to remain together in the next life ’ would amount to saying , ‘ No love ever existed between us , and no love exists between us now . ’
2 As the puppy gets older , he will want to go outside to the soiled piece of paper that you have positioned in a place that you may want him to use .
3 Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point
4 The main thing is I do n't want to go back into the private sector unless I absolutely have to .
5 I do not want to go back to the foreign environment of Tbilisi , ’ he said .
6 ‘ But we did n't want to go in with a heavy commitment at first ; we took a PC and wrote our own very simple software to deal with incoming orders . ’
7 In addition , the food expert would want to know more about the local conditions and the alternative sources of nourishment available .
8 And I did n't want to jump out into the fast-moving darkness without any boots and within range of fifty tommy-guns .
9 I will want to come back on the same point that 's just been made , but if before I get to that there are some other points that I think I should make in explanation of the lead we have given , if I may call it that , in putting forward the distribution of the Greater York total .
10 Er if you want to go back to the same people .
11 You want to go out for a wee wee puss ?
12 veteran cars , who wants to , who wants to drive around in an old Ford Poplar of of twenty , twenty five , thirty years ago ?
13 just wants to go there as an equal
14 But Tory schools minister Michael Fallon , MP for Darlington hit back : ‘ No one wants to go back to the old days of councillors running hospitals , of Nupe deciding whether or not your operations should be carried out . ’
15 Well who wants to go out with a doddery old bugger like me anyway !
16 I think , John , I want to come back to the basic one , and that is , as a customer , if you 're handed what you think is an extended warranty to cover you for all sorts of things erm then you 're very disappointed if you find that most of the things that are going to go wrong with your car are excluded .
17 In terms of progressing or taking part in the discussion , can I suggest that if you want to come in on a particular item , you put your name board up like that , so that we can readily observe it er and equally , our friend who is looking after the microphones can make sure that the vol the volume of your microphone is turned up at the appropriate time .
18 If you want to find out about the better side of cruising catamarans , phone for details .
19 So what 's interesting here is that they seem to be having a conversation about un the university matters , the history department and so on but in fact there 's this kind of subtext going on here in which both of them want to find out about the other person 's children and both of them are being very mysterious and avoiding the question .
20 If you want to know more about the Aquarian electronic thermostat drop me a line at
21 However , I want to concentrate here on the technical work that the Faculty does on behalf , not only of its members , but of the Institute membership as a whole .
22 I 've forgotten my troubles ; now I want to climb just for the good performance itself .
23 When it goes past I want to run over to the other side of the bridge , but there 's too much traffic to cross the road , so I just watch the trail of water it leaves behind .
24 And then a rite of reconciliation for those who 've lapsed from church membership , or from the practice of their religion , and want to start again in a purposeful manner .
25 ‘ There are a few details I want to clear up with the other girls , ’ she told me .
26 Both Civic Forum and Solidarity want to hang on to the one-nation sense of anti-communism ( and anti-Sovietism ) .
27 A couple of miles down the road at London Irish they still want to hold on to the Irish connection , even if that leads to qualification by reading The Irish Times .
28 ‘ Unless you want to end up in the Mediterranean . ’
29 That is what he wants to get across to the other person .
30 BUSINESSMEN who want to get ahead in the 1990s should move into the soft drinks , fruit and vegetables or household insurance markets , according to a report published today .
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