Example sentences of "what they want [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 … children find it easier to improvise , and therefore liberate themselves in terms of discovering and finding valuable ways of expressing what they want to say through sound , but also learning new skills through improvisation .
2 Already ‘ wish lists ’ have been made where staff indicate what they want to see from agency status and these suggestions have been acted on .
3 Many applicants will have a firm idea of what they want to study at university , but others will want to take some time to consider various possibilities before they apply .
4 Ms Devonald said : ‘ The competition will help the young people to say what they want to know about smoking , which will help them and other classes in the school to be better informed about smoking . ’
5 Like every other intelligence agency the NSA is very good at giving politicians what they want to hear in peacetime but it has no wartime experience at all .
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