Example sentences of "[adv] want [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only want to see her a moment . ’ |
| 2 | The kid comes out hard , apparently wanting to make it a real fight . |
| 3 | A Separate staffs , households , budgets and agendas are what the princess has long wanted to make her a royal in her own right . |
| 4 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 5 | Conservative Members do not want to hear what a former Conservative leader has to say . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman is trying to disrupt my speech because he does not want to hear what the country wants to know . |
| 7 | If the only way to give the drama momentum is to allow through ( 1 ) an emergence of crude competition between the teacher and pupils or through the even cruder ‘ I 'm the baddy not to be trusted ’ approach of ( 4 ) , then she may have to abandon altogether her intention to open up ( 2 ) , the recognition by the townsfolk that here is an official who can not know and indeed who does not want to know what the cost of this decision will be to those of us who are faced with it . |
| 8 | writes from Leeds : Just want to say what a brilliant idea from P. Burley ( PFK Projects April ) . |
| 9 | We just want to ask you a few questions and get out . |
| 10 | Well last time we , last time he came with us , I said there 's one thing I just want to ask you a favour , that 's enough , she 's as happy as harry now she 's faced up to the fact , that er , he was not good because he did n't love her any way , she loved him . |
| 11 | One other letter , while we 're mentioning receipts of things , the report does say that er Environmental Services Committee will be considering this and I have er yesterday received a letter from and I just want to tell you the outcome of that before the actual vote occurs , if there is one . |
| 12 | they just want to write you a prescription up and right there |
| 13 | Steadfastly , she avoided his gaze , not wanting to give him an opportunity for some deflating remark . |
| 14 | Just wanted to drop you a note to say break a leg and all those other theatrical cliches . |
| 15 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |
| 16 | I just wanted to teach you a lesson — and make sure I had your name and address . |
| 17 | I yes , I 've just had my massive little row with The Savoy about the prices and they just wanted to charge us the normal price ! |
| 18 | I just wanted to give her a fright , that 's all . |
| 19 | We just wanted to give it a few years to see what would happen , concentrating on what we hoped would come together some day . |
| 20 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 21 | Er j I just wanted to give you a bit of background so you know who you 're talking with . |
| 22 | I just wanted to check what the position of the old executive committee of the W R A D which been appointed , whether that was in fact erm , something that qualified for a full allowance . |
| 23 | Now I have gone beyond thirty one because I just wanted to show you the way it goes and it 's easy . |
| 24 | I just wanted to know what the ticket arrangements are for the Liverpool game at Anfield later in September . |
| 25 | You 'd have to be daft not to want to give it a go . |
| 26 | ‘ I always wanted to see what the Greshorns looked like , ’ Ratagan said . |
| 27 | It also wants to know what the position of Unix International , which it strongly supports , is going to be . |
| 28 | It also wants to know what the position of Unix International Inc , which it strongly supports , is going to be . |
| 29 | Mr Dick also wanted to know what the term ‘ fine lace ’ means . |
| 30 | In addition to the in hospital assessment , we also wanted to know what the patients thought about the amount of information they were given , and to do this we administered a telephone questionnaire consisting of six questions about their inpatient experiences , one of which read ‘ Was the amount of information you received before your operation too much , about right , or too little ? ’ |