Example sentences of "[adv] want [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says his pay-off has left him comfortable , although he will eventually want to find a new career , possibly even returning to journalism . |
| 2 | Or , if that person buys you a gift voucher and you do n't necessarily want to have a treatment that states on the gift voucher , you can come and exchange it for products . |
| 3 | If he only wants to use a part-pack , the operator pulls the lever to suck neat chemical into the transparent tube . |
| 4 | Presumably , the Met only wants to put a limited number of TAFs on the system in order to save money and work ( it costs more to have a larger number of pages for your ‘ area ’ on the Prestel database ) . |
| 5 | It is not that she 's a political animal , just someone who has seen a lot of beautiful places in the world ; feels very fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV and recording career , and so wants to put a bit back into a world which has so far been very kind to her . ’ |
| 6 | It apparently wants to cut a thousand from its rolls which stood at 13,381 at the end of March . |
| 7 | If you only want to take a few doors or windows back to bare wood for repainting , there are many other cheaper guns that would do the job . |
| 8 | Because that 's not something we want to go through their Conference Office for if we only want to do a meeting , |
| 9 | no I did n't want to leave a little , only want to leave a proper little drain things , you know |
| 10 | If you only want to borrow a small amount , a better option is to take a further advance from your existing lender ( less than £100 to arrange ) or , alternatively , a top-up loan from a second lender . |
| 11 | Such a service is particularly useful for people who only want to sell a few privatisation shares . |
| 12 | If you only want to raise a few seedlings in spring , and provide a humid atmosphere for some cuttings later , an unheated propagator will be adequate . |
| 13 | This method is , however , a little long-winded if you only want to edit a couple of lines . |
| 14 | Some parents only want to adopt a child of two black parents , that is of African , Afro-Caribbean or Asian origin . |
| 15 | Cnut himself perhaps wanted to commemorate a great victory . |
| 16 | Only wanted to play a while , wo ! |
| 17 | I imagine you 've long wanted to share a physical relationship with Radcliffe . |
| 18 | The spreadsheet is now getting complicated enough to want to insert a couple of blank rows ( \Worksheet , Insert , Row ) between the more basic calculation and the other data . |
| 19 | So powerless was I to control the evolution that , even when I very much wanted to retrace a particular evolutionary pathway it proved all but impossible to do so . |
| 20 | Up to that time I had very limited opportunities to conduct and I very much wanted to direct a real concert . |
| 21 | Madam Deputy Speaker I only wanted to make a short intervention er er on this point and I think I will return to it from time to time because it is a perennial , annual problem of every time the minister introduces a a rule and regulation we can understand it 's extremely useful and how can one say that er regulations about fraud are not useful , it 's just the culture of our country has been besieged by these rules and regulations and I 'm surprised that anybody can actually make any profit or do any business simply because of the weight of officialdom and the weight of rules and regulations which prevents them from getting above er the the surface . |
| 22 | I only wanted to get a few comments about Froggy . |
| 23 | He did not want to miss a word . |
| 24 | Andy 's form is exceptional and he has waited such a long time to make the jersey his own that he will not want to miss a game . ’ |
| 25 | Ed , I think argued a very strong case for a greater level of influence of trade unionists in the Party than is suggested in this reform and I can see the force of those remarks but the C E C adopted the position that we did not want to take a position of dominance to the Party Conference . |
| 26 | She did not want to waste a moment of the time they would have . |
| 27 | Mr Field has agreed not to make any statement about his next course of action before his 11.30am meeting with Mr Kinnock , but he said that his supporters in Birkenhead had told him they did not want to see a fudge . |
| 28 | People do not want to see a black face under a bearskin . |
| 29 | In fact , his comments seemingly invite the charge , for he describes the lack of black guardsmen in terms of feelings rather than in terms of the discourse of external factuality : ‘ People do not want to see a black face under a bearskin . ’ |
| 30 | It should be noted that he remarks that ‘ people ’ do not want to see a black face , not that he personally objects to such a sight . |