Example sentences of "[conj] want [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Television is a very evangelical medium and I do not think the Church of England can afford to or wants to compete with the evangelical churches . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , few of them are interested or want to stick to the dietary disciplines for long . |
| 3 | Other areas of concern for women working or wanting to work outside the home were identified . |
| 4 | It has not shifted the old Labour image and habits towards the new kind of social-democratic space that has begun to emerge in some European countries , and which represents the only real alternative for the left that wants to govern in the next post-Maastricht decade . |
| 5 | The LC is aimed at users that need to work away from their desktop but still need to access their applications and want to get into the corporate network . |
| 6 | ‘ I have had a great time at Sunderland , but I am ambitious and want to play in the Premier League . |
| 7 | The West has simply ‘ rediscovered ’ in Africa ( despite the diversity and complexity of that continent 's cultures ) fundamental values that we imagine were lost or repressed in the high noon of civilization and progress : values like ‘ natural ’ well-being , spontaneity , conviviality , uninhibitedness , everything we long for and want to relearn in the 1980s . |
| 8 | Geoff has always been a born fighter and wants to succeed alongside the great names in golf . |
| 9 | You start the weekend feeling bolshie and wanting to kick over the traces of convention and conformity . |
| 10 | But suppose I was in the bathroom , and wanted to go to the kitchen . |
| 11 | They are , in brief , hard-working and somewhat stressed ; feel dissatisfied with the job they are doing ( or at least bits of it ) ; confused about what they should be doing but wanting to change in the direction of greater impact and relevance of what they do ; have no clear idea how to go about it ; do not feel optimistic about things getting better ; are worried about the amount of emotional energy the job takes up ; and mostly do the best they can , try not to think about it all too much , and hang on till the holidays . |
| 12 | Liz came back accompanied by her parents , but wanting to speak to the therapist on her own first . |