Example sentences of "[pers pn] want [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I suspect that the unhappiness at home threw me even deeper into my ornithology , and made me want to spend more and more time with birds . |
| 2 | She makes you see reason — she made me want to smile more and drink less . |
| 3 | There are few places on the globe unmapped , but there are millions of people in the world who have never seen the sea , or mountains , or a desert , or a snow-covered landscape , and many of them want to experience such places because the unknown is one of the great pleasures of travel . |
| 4 | ‘ Now why would I want to do that ? ’ he asked mildly . |
| 5 | Why would I want to do that ? ’ |
| 6 | Oh no way do I want to take that |
| 7 | So why do I want to repeat these teenage agonies ? |
| 8 | Do I want to buy more hash , a chunky offering for my wicker mini-basket ? |
| 9 | Therefore I want to beg all your forgiveness for every injustice , suffering and humiliation which you , on the Czech side suffered at our hands ’ . |
| 10 | I know that plans are well advanced throughout the country for a massive collecting effort next year and I want to wish all of you involved all the very best in your efforts as we approach these days , that 's to say donation days , in the coming year . |
| 11 | Equally , I want to remind those who have declared an interest , that they should not vote . |
| 12 | What do I what is so important to me that I want to spend all this time on it ? |
| 13 | I want to spend more time at home and in my constituency . ’ |
| 14 | Gee , formerly an official with the GMB trade union , said that : " I want to spend less time on administration and more on direct issues which affect people and the planet . " |
| 15 | I mean , I want to spend some , but I want to invest some , too . |
| 16 | In ‘ postclassical criminology ’ I want to emphasise this ambiguity much more . |
| 17 | I want to stress this connection between searching for home and finding a tongue , a writing voice , because I believe it to be fundamental to your own writing development . |
| 18 | And I want to stress this morning how essential it is that the link between the Labour Party and the unions be maintained . |
| 19 | I want to stress this please I want to stress this . |
| 20 | I want to stress this please I want to stress this . |
| 21 | I want to use that little bit of gold as well to just sort of |
| 22 | I want to use this , I ca n't believe its not butter butter |
| 23 | Right , so if I can give each of you one of these because that 's what I want to use these |
| 24 | To do so I want to use another Spenserian text , A View of the Present State of Ireland , as a further means of elucidating some of Spenser 's designs . |
| 25 | I want to stop this injustice . |
| 26 | Well of course I 've been saying for some time now , for some time , and I want to underline that , and I hope the government are listening that we 've had twenty thousand troops on our streets , we 've twelve thousand armed policemen on our streets , we have the strictest security laws in Western Europe , and none of these things have solved our problem . |
| 27 | Now I want to include some background music . |
| 28 | I want to open these , please . |
| 29 | I want to devote all my time to finding out who murdered Sandy . |
| 30 | I want to connect this up with something I said earlier : ‘ We are not foreigners in our own language ; we are at home in it . ’ |