Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he want [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King , visiting as a private citizen , was reticent about his political ambitions , saying only that he wanted to help Romania . |
| 2 | Perhaps you really wounded his pride when you turned him down so he wants to see you humiliated . ’ |
| 3 | He felt she was about to laugh aloud and he wanted to join her , his every thought consumed with the miracle that had so suddenly happened to bring Ken back to them . |
| 4 | A Mandela book might attract many of these readers , but only if he wants to write it . |
| 5 | Only cos he wants to snog . |
| 6 | Only cos he wants to have you in a bath . |
| 7 | So if he wants to leave it I 'll can come . |
| 8 | Once elected , however , bashing foreign firms is the last thing he should do , especially if he wants to boost jobs . |
| 9 | Jordan — My world caved in when he went , basically because he wanted to better himself financially and because he thought Leeds were never going to be a force under Jimmmy Armfield . |
| 10 | The placebo effect means that any treatment will improve a patient merely because he wants to recover and is responding to the clinician 's attempts to help rather than to a specific treatment . |
| 11 | It 's only because he wants to prevent the bomb going off that this belief of his makes him shoot . |
| 12 | ‘ Only because he wanted to get his leg over . ’ |
| 13 | Much as he wanted to pound Ralf into the mud , he contented himself with sending the fellow a narrow-eyed glare which brought a look of respectful caution to the pedlar 's usually cheerful countenance . |
| 14 | Check that you have the positioning right and encourage your baby to feed for as often and long as he wants to stimulate the flow . |
| 15 | Disgruntled at not being attended to immediately , especially as he wanted to buy a large country mansion , he stormed out and decided to buy an estate in France instead . |
| 16 | Using three dimensional imaging , he told Robodoc exactly where he wanted to put the implant before starting the five-hour operation . |
| 17 | He said nothing , just that he wanted to see Duncan in the hall . |
| 18 | It 's just that he wanted to see Jenny in front of everyone else . |
| 19 | It 's just that he wants to let off steam , and you 're the only person he can lose his temper with . |
| 20 | It 's not that he wants to stop them going to the toilet , we 've got to persuade these people to do it on a stagger basis … |
| 21 | Not that he wants to look out of the window any longer . |
| 22 | Not if he wanted to get out of the restaurant alive . |
| 23 | I think it 's a good time to spend in the garden to be honest , I mean you ca n't , you ca n't , it 's not really long enough to try and do it at weekends , not if he wants to move that garage back , it 'll probably take the best part of the week to sort that out |
| 24 | ‘ I ca n't see him being anything other than honest about your work — not unless he wants to leave himself wide open for you to sue him , ’ Rosemary stated firmly . |
| 25 | Just because he wanted to go to prison , they did not want to send him there . |
| 26 | ‘ Just because he wants to leave is no reason for us to strike a bargain price , ’ Bassett said yesterday . |
| 27 | Not because he wanted to set up a model village , but because he saw that with the employment he was generating at Bournville out in the Worcestershire countryside , speculative builders would come in and put up very inferior dwellings if he did n't take a hand . |
| 28 | He walked slowly now towards the room , but as he passed his mother 's door he felt forced to stop and knock , not because he wanted to see her particularly , but because there was a great need in him for human company . |
| 29 | He went home with a couple who had been together for twelve years , not because he wanted to know what it would be like to be made love to by two men at once , but rather to see how these particular two men lived as a couple ; specifically , what they did together in the morning before going to work . |
| 30 | And if Jesus was around today he would be going to the places that you and I would think twice about going to , not because he wanted to have a good time , but because he wanted to relate to the people who were there . |