Example sentences of "[pron] want [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And I want to thank those writers with whom solid friendships were formed : Melvyn Bragg , Gordon Burn , Jeremy Paxman , Michael Walsh , Jay Rayner , Colm Toibin and Grub Smith , among others . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I want to score two goals in the next game with Roma , including one like the one I got against Pescara . ’ |
| 4 | First , however , I want to compare two ways in which we can look at evolution . |
| 5 | It is precisely because I want to see political changes of this kind that I support Home Rule for Scotland . |
| 6 | I want to create beautiful things — and I know I could . ’ |
| 7 | Conscious that the fat woman had seated herself on a stack of biscuit tins and was listening avidly , Joe said ‘ Er , I want to take some groceries to an old lady . |
| 8 | In this paper I want to examine recent developments in three areas of social policy : income maintenance , taxation and family law , exposing the assumptions made about the division of responsibilities within the family on which debates and changes have been based . |
| 9 | In this chapter , I want to examine some sites which hold a particular attraction for me and , remembering Allen Watkins ' account of how his father had classified sites according to the four elements , I have chosen representatives of three of these — earth , water and air . |
| 10 | I want to fix new skirtings . |
| 11 | I want to fix waney-edged boards on my house . |
| 12 | Finally , I want to mention two approaches to developing self-awareness and increasing self-esteem : transactional analysis and assertiveness training . |
| 13 | ‘ If I want to sell 80,000 units what is the maximum price I can charge ? ’ |
| 14 | Okay this is the fourth in our series and the second on the presidency and I want to do two things in this lecture . |
| 15 | try it again and I want to do two things for the rest of the morning . |
| 16 | ‘ I want to remember these days when I 'm old like Dad , ’ Gareth said . |
| 17 | Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in |
| 18 | ‘ I want to ask two f-f-favours , ’ said Ricky as he put Perdita 's suitcases in a boot crammed with polo sticks . |
| 19 | She went in , and , though he was not thinking of Ireland , said , " I want to ask some questions . |
| 20 | ‘ I want to reserve three seats on a train from Calcutta to Patna . ’ |
| 21 | But today I want to address three themes , that revolve around relationships . |
| 22 | Yesterday Trevor , a former science teacher at Staindrop Comprehensive , near Darlington , said : ‘ Because I want to keep good relations with my customers I decided to give full refunds to all 147 people who had tickets . ’ |
| 23 | She said , I want to keep those teeth . |
| 24 | What if I want to keep computerised records ? |
| 25 | I want to get those decisions as quickly as possible , but they must be the right decisions because unless they are , the future of British farming will be under a cloud . |
| 26 | ‘ One signing is imminent but I want to bring two players in , ’ he said . |
| 27 | I want to read modern writers , and English writers , like Geoffrey Chaucer . |
| 28 | ‘ I want to hear more stories , ’ Walterkin said . |
| 29 | And if I want to hear inane rat-tat-tats I 'll go to the jungle and listen to the crickets . |
| 30 | Two , if I decide I want to marry ten times over what the hell 's it got to do with you ? ’ |