Example sentences of "want [to-vb] him [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone wanting to render him into modern English must reckon with the possibility of having to abandon or in some way replace the metre ; and then , where Horatian Latin steps lightly , so lightly , as to the sound of flutes , in comes English with galumphing hoof , trumpeting rhymes . |
| 2 | So that one day when they are sitting on their fat butts in frankfurt or Langley and some poor guy 's written seven point nine two centimetre automatic rifle instead of seven point nine two millimetre , they wo n't want to fire him for bad writing . |
| 3 | Naturally I would n't want to get him in any trouble . ’ |
| 4 | One girl wanted to cover him in whipped cream and honey and then slowly lick off every bit . |
| 5 | Now , more than anything , she wanted to point him towards that hole and push . |
| 6 | Apart from anything else , she wanted to recompense him in some way , although she doubted he would accept a reward . |