Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] want [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , we can see that the answer we should give is , ‘ You ca n't , short of giving an entirely new meaning to ‘ It 's afternoon ’ , and why should you want to do that ? ’ |
| 2 | Should you want to do some withy and teasel research for yourself , you might visit their willow and wetland centre in Stoke St Gregory where they grow 50 acres of willow and harvest it every winter , when the plants are dormant and the rods measure 8 feet . |
| 3 | ‘ But why should they want to do that ? ’ |
| 4 | Wh why might you want to do that ? |
| 5 | She wanted to hurt him , and how could you want to do that to someone you loved ? |
| 6 | ‘ How could she want to do such a thing ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Now why would I want to do that ? ’ he asked mildly . |
| 8 | Why would I want to do that ? ’ |
| 9 | Would she want to tell those people outside anything different about the situation in South Africa now ? |
| 10 | And , so would you want to put some more of that in , and erm all these , all these things , as I 've said , will help you to , to speak . |
| 11 | ‘ Would you want to do that ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ What would you want to do that for ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why on earth would you want to do that ? |
| 14 | For one thing I I do n't think that the next generation of parents are going to stand it because with the , cos I told you what , what I said Neil about erm when er when he was a father I said if you had a pretty fifteen year old daughter would you want to have some rough oaf taking her down a back alley and screwing her ? |
| 15 | ‘ Why would we want to do that ? ’ she asked softly . |
| 16 | The editor will know that , and the editor will be sensitive to the readership , and the editor will look at it , not through the eyes of an editor just as an individual , but will say , ‘ Putting myself in the , in the position of my readers , would they want to read this ? ’ |
| 17 | Was this the end or would he want to dance some more ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why on earth would he want to do that ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Whatever would he want to do that for ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And why would he want to do that ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Why would he want to do that ? ’ he asked , clearly puzzled . |