Example sentences of "[pers pn] want to [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | A lot of them want to just talk , to feel secure that they 've seen a policeman . |
2 | Now what I want you to do I want to just have a look at it now and I want you to play with it over the holiday on your own . |
3 | ‘ Well , I 've seen all I want to here , I 've got other things to do . ’ |
4 | I 'm not going to stop dressing the way I want to just because they do n't like it , but it 's discouraging . |
5 | So , I 've gone through a series of examples of exotoxins I want to just er , as far as is possible summarize the general properties of exotoxins . |
6 | I know I know I know but I want to just keep going round the lot . |
7 | I want to just have a look at this . |
8 | I want to just scotch the myth that has been put forward by Councillor about the poll tax cos did this at P and R and I will reiterate what the leader said then and I and and quite clearly and soundly , that the Labour Party , both nationally and locally , and this Labour Group do not condone a policy of non-payment either as a principle or as a tactic . |
9 | Two things I want to just touch on er fairly briefly er because of the time factor but I do want to touch on before you get into continuing with your er development for your third presentation . |
10 | I want to just go and have a look in them you see if you 've well anyway Well erm , I might get to a certain extent . |
11 | Yeah cos erm these I find these lovely for a tea or something when I want to just |
12 | Yes and I want to just visit a friend either end of July beginning of August and then in September it 's our five day study tour to Worcester , you know . |
13 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |
14 | Before going on to analyse the kinds of blocking technique one might nevertheless use , I want to briefly explain what I mean by the terms ‘ open ’ and ‘ closed ’ sides when referring to a stance . |
15 | But erm the doctors have told me really I can do whatever I want to straight away virtually you know , and erm I 'll just give it another week or two weeks before I start practising erm and you know , I 'm very fit now . |
16 | Now there have been some allegations flying around that there are people in the parliamentary Labour Party who want to get rid of that link and I want to categorically say that there is no serious figure in the Labour Party who shares that opinion there 's no one in the G M B group who takes that view there 's no one in the Shadow Cabinet and what is more , I know from my own personal experience , and my dealings with him over thirty years , that there is no greater supporter of the trades union link than John Smith himself ! |
17 | They are warm and but it 's colour I do n't know whether I perhaps if I saw cream again this year I might buy it but erm I 'm not sure that I want to when this deep orangy colour . |
18 | Erm , that 's all I want to actually say in view of the . |
19 | I , I mean I want to actually put in some you know some real kind of , you know , rather |
20 | I want to now . ’ |
21 | Joos 's " infinitive " is in fact made up of two words — to plus the bare infinitive — as can be seen from the possibility of inserting an adverb between them ( I want to really scare him ) and of finding to all by itself , something which is strictly impossible with inflections ( I do n't want to ) . |
22 | I 'll just quickly read what I want to Okay . |
23 | In Spanish tradition , I rested when I wanted to on the bolts , 700 feet above ground , and with a little planning it was possible to use jugs for almost every move . |
24 | I wrote following instructions because I wanted to somehow or other impart the ability to actually er , do something other than just er , to do something on their own , you know to actually work on their own . |
25 | I wanted to just pop away over the first few for him to get his confidence . |
26 | But having got my way over that , it meant I could n't protest as I wanted to about Frome being put in charge . |
27 | I knew , though , that there was no possibility of teaching the way I wanted to in the South African system . |
28 | At the same time I wanted to further my career and win more medals . |
29 | Erm I wanted to actually arrange a coach if there 's enough people sort of please arrange a coach , could do , but I reckon it 's probably easier to go up |
30 | Why d' ya want to why d' ya |