Example sentences of "[modal v] want [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the party is over members of the bridal party , and guests , may want to go up to the speakers and personally thank them , complimenting them on a good , amusing speech . |
| 2 | You may want to go back to your original data and indicate what you want a certain sound to be ow that you have checked it , and from now on you would use correct and consistent symbolisation . |
| 3 | It is also expected that IBM may want to shed up to a further 30,000 people from its 300,000-strong pay roll , with undisguised lay-offs clearly on the agenda . |
| 4 | Some of her family and friends who knew that her marriage was unsuccessful may assume that her feelings about her husband 's death could only be those of relief that their life together is over at last and that she is now free to seek a better future for herself ; not realising that if a woman has lived with a man for many years , unless he has treated her with extreme cruelty , and shown her no love at all throughout the whole of their marriage , some kind of bond is bound to have existed between them , and that even if he left her with only a handful of good memories of times they spent together , it is likely that she may want to hold on to them , cherish them , and even build upon them . |
| 5 | If you encounter problems , you may want to kneel down alongside the dog , keeping your hand in place over the hindquarters and the leash in an upright position . |
| 6 | Um and also it may be possible to y'know you may want to start out by showing people some stuff and trying to get them to talk about it so you you understand the sort of language concepts , repertoires , or whatever you want to call them , that people are actually using to try try and work out some more formal questions from that and move on to a questionnaire type thing y'know I mean that 's a possibility . |
| 7 | It 's a good card tonight anyway and people may want to get out from the snow and have night out at the stadium . |
| 8 | Depending on what we get out of him , I may want to drop in on the husband again . " |
| 9 | The outrageous fine of £5,000 plus £1,000 costs imposed on England batsman Allan Lamb will act as the ultimate deterrent to every English professional cricketer who may want to speak out about some scandal , corruption or evil practice in their sport . |
| 10 | how to handle the nerves , I 'll say right now and half of you may want to walk out of the room . |
| 11 | He was due to read his own poems , but he prefaced the performance with remarking how extraordinary he found it that students obliged to attend lectures should want to turn up for more such talk after hours . |
| 12 | But at least the mystery was nearing a solution — even if she had no idea why Luke Hunter should want to go out to dinner with a woman whose sole contact with him up till now had been violently centred somewhere round the solar plexus . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to know what is behind this first , ’ he snapped , ‘ because for the life of me I can not understand why a man in his position should want to take up with the likes of you . |
| 14 | She 'll want to go back to school again soon , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 15 | There was a murder two nights ago in a clunch pit at Muddington — that Jacket is in exhibit and she 'll want to get on with that Is well as coping with the usual heavy load . " |
| 16 | Assuming , of course , you 'll want to get out of the 944 S2 once in a while and take a look . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll want to get back to Aspen and your skiing now , I suppose ? ’ |
| 18 | I 'm sure they 'll want to stay over till tomorrow — especially if Stevie wins . ’ |
| 19 | And now , I guess , you 'll want to check up with Uno about the Lennox girl . ’ |
| 20 | An exceptional shooting accessory that you 'll want to pass on to future generations . |
| 21 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 22 | I came from Jamaica over twenty years ago and I got married in this country and I have stayed here ever since and although perhaps I might want to go back to Jamaica it 's not home to him . |
| 23 | Now I was talking to your Doctor who was wondering whether we might want to go out for a few beers at some point |
| 24 | For example , heads might want to point out to governors : |
| 25 | Some of these will be on the periodical shelves at your library and others you might want to send off for . |
| 26 | You 'd want to go up to them and tell them to do better . " |
| 27 | I do n't think I 'd want to come back to Woking . |
| 28 | Comments like ‘ if I was one of those parents , I 'd be so ashamed I 'd want to keep out of the limelight ’ were heard from some of those connected with the local authority . |
| 29 | ‘ You mean , you 'd want to get out of the country and go to — Spain , is n't it ? |
| 30 | ‘ I figured you 'd want to get out of those city clothes straight away , ’ he told them with a grin . |