Example sentences of "[adv] and want [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His words hit her like small , sharp knives and Jenna raised her hands to claw at him , hurting inside and wanting to hurt back . |
| 2 | Usually this is aimed at those who can already fly fairly competently and want to perform circuits , or even aerobatics , which means that some amount of negative pitch is required . |
| 3 | We love her so much and want to give her a lovely home . |
| 4 | I played a couple of tracks to Hugh and he liked them very much and wanted to hear some more , so I took some more up to him . |
| 5 | I told her that I loved her very much and wanted to marry her . |
| 6 | A caller rang in and wanted to know if gipsies are travellers why do they need a permanent site . |
| 7 | As you say , if somebody 's been in there from bloody five o'clock and wants to stay till eleven |
| 8 | But if the blo if that block of land had been sold off , and somebody came along and wanted to put up farm buildings and a house , then we would support it , probably , because there 's an area of land there that 's viable . |
| 9 | But people living in an old street of Victorian back-to-backs in the middle of Liverpool 8 , riot territory , wanted to stay together and wanted to have some say in what they live in . |
| 10 | But the money gets nicked , so the one who 's married , she goes and robs erm a store and then , they , the policeman pulls them over and wants to take them in so they lock him in his boot . |
| 11 | till he comes over and wants to know what you 're doing . |
| 12 | She was late already and wanted to tidy herself up before her appointment and it was nearly two o'clock . |
| 13 | When I rang Robert Service and invited him to the hotel for a drink he accepted gladly and wanted to hear all about my flying visit to his old stamping grounds . |
| 14 | ’ He did look at her then , rather sadly and searchingly as if he were going away for ever and wanted to remember what she looked like . |
| 15 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |
| 16 | I did his tape copy on the machine I was using for echo and it was switched to vari-speed , so the copy was played at almost half the speed and when he got it home and wanted to play it to his friends , it sounded rather strange . |
| 17 | ‘ They could n't , surely , have been arguing about him repeatedly popping up and wanting to talk to her . |
| 18 | And you put up with his way of making decisions for you , even if , one day , you wake up and want to wear the green skirt he hates , watch Morse which he ca n't stand … |
| 19 | Regret because maybe her husband will find out and want to know why she was going with another man in the first place . |
| 20 | She clearly has some worry about going in and out and wants to get it over and done with as soon as possible . |
| 21 | He 'd been gone so long , without a word to her on his whereabouts , and now he was back and wanting to celebrate ! |
| 22 | Perhaps she would come back and want to pick up with Fernando where she had left off . |
| 23 | And if you write a letter they do n't like , they bring it back and want to know why you 've written certain things . |
| 24 | David was in a state at that time saying that he had signed these things years ago and wanted to get out . |
| 25 | Sitting here I 'm thinking oh , someone 's bound to ring while I 'm sitting here and want to hire something . |
| 26 | We only have this screen operating when we 're all in here and want to observe him directly — ’ |
| 27 | If you have money the bastards want to lend you it ; if you have n't and want to borrow , they tell you to go to hell . ) |
| 28 | Piers came up just then and wanted to know what she was smiling about . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , he does n't sound like anyone I know , ’ I said , ‘ unless he 's a caddie who happened to be passing nearby and wanted to quiz me about any work available . ’ |
| 30 | He stepped forward , but then his companion returned , smiling up at him , taking his arm possessively and wanting to leave . |